Space Florida is the aerospace and spaceport development authority for the State of Florida. Founded in 2006, this agency facilitates economic development in the space industry by providing access to infrastructure, workforce development, and financial tools to aerospace companies. Space Florida works with partners like NASA, commercial space companies (such as Boeing and Blue Origin), and academic institutions to foster research, investment, exploration, and commerce in the aerospace sector. Key activities include managing the state's spaceport system and attracting private capital to grow Florida's space industry, helping to make Florida a global hub for space commerce.
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Astra Space selected Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 46, operated by Space Florida, for a launch in February that was its first outside of Alaska.
Space Florida aims to facilitate more than $10,000,000,000 in transactions by 2030 to position Florida for emerging space opportunities including off-planet manufacturing, energy production, and tourism.
Since its establishment in 2006, Space Florida has helped facilitate well over $2,000,000,000 of investments across the state.
No company has decided to leave Florida after investing significant capital following Space Florida’s engagement.
Space Florida offers financial packages tailored to company needs and provides facilities near NASA Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Astra planned to launch its first demo mission from LC-46 at Cape Canaveral, a pad licensed by the Space Force from Space Florida.
Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral is operated by Space Florida.
Terran Orbital has an agreement with Space Florida to establish a manufacturing facility on Florida’s Merritt Island large enough to produce more than 1,000 satellites per year.
Terran Orbital is partnering with Space Florida for the development of the satellite manufacturing facility.
Conduit financing arranged through Space Florida will cover the $300,000,000 cost of the project.
Terran Orbital reached an agreement with Space Florida on 2021-09-27 to establish a satellite manufacturing facility on Merritt Island, Florida capable of producing more than 1,000 satellites per year.
Space Florida received $38,000,000 from the Florida Department of Transportation to build infrastructure, including utilities and roads, at the Launch and Landing Facility to support Terran Orbital and other clients.
Space Florida selected the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center as the location for Terran Orbital’s new satellite manufacturing complex.
Terran Orbital partnered with Space Florida to develop a space vehicle manufacturing facility at the Launch and Landing Facility on Merritt Island, Florida.
The 2021-05-04 event at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility marked the completion of agreements and licenses to allow Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser to land at the facility at the end of its cargo missions to the International Space Station starting in 2022.
Space Perspective will begin operations in Florida and has a lease with Space Florida to use a building at the former Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center, now called the Launch and Landing Facility.
Space Florida has provided financing to help Made In Space expand operations in Florida.
Under the Space Florida agreement, the state will match Firefly Aerospace’s infrastructure investments up to $18,900,000.
Firefly Aerospace reached agreements with Space Florida and U.S. federal agencies on 2019-02-22 to build a new factory for producing and launching its rockets from Florida’s Space Coast.
Firefly Aerospace reached an agreement with Space Florida to help fund development of a launch site at Space Launch Complex 20 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and a launch vehicle factory just outside the gates of the Kennedy Space Center.