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SpaceX’s Starbase has become an operational asset central to the company’s industrial and launch activities in the region.
Consolidated infrastructure at SpaceX’s Starbase reduces the company’s dependence on external facilities for launch-related activities.
SpaceX is offering crewed flights to the International Space Station with tickets priced at $55 million.
SpaceX posted on X on February 1, 2026 an update showing Booster 19 during preliminary activities and indicating the vehicle is preparing to begin prelaunch testing.
SpaceX's FCC filing did not specify the cost of the proposed constellation or a launch and deployment schedule.
The SpaceX Starbase complex in Texas has evolved from an experimental phase to a more structured industrial configuration for launch and test operations.
SpaceX previously requested permission for up to 42,000 Starlink satellites before rolling out the network.
SpaceX’s FCC filing describes the orbital data center constellation as a high-bandwidth, optically linked network of solar-powered satellites with computing capacity intended to power advanced artificial intelligence models and their applications.
The commercial plan for the combined SpaceX–xAI venture depends entirely on the flight rate of Starship.
SpaceX’s FCC filing does not include timeline targets for deployment of the orbital data center constellation.
SpaceX filed with the FCC for authority to launch a constellation of satellites described as "up to 1 million" satellites to function as orbital data centers.
The FCC approved SpaceX to deploy 7,500 additional Gen2 Starlink satellites and authorized expanded frequency use and waivers of satellite power limits within the United States.
SpaceX intends to use Starship both for deploying on-orbit data centre satellites and for expanding Starlink with larger, more capable satellites.
SpaceX filed an FCC application on January 30, 2026 for up to one million satellites explicitly targeting AI inference and Orbital Data Centers operating between 500 and 2,000 km including sun-synchronous inclinations.
SpaceX argued that the FCC build-out milestones are unnecessary because the company would use Ka-band spectrum without causing interference.
SpaceX acquired Elon Musk’s AI venture xAI.
Booster 19 is part of a numbered sequence of prototypes that reflects SpaceX’s iterative build-test-modify approach.
SpaceX’s FCC filing states the orbital data center satellites would operate between 500 kilometers and 2,000 kilometers altitude and at inclinations of 30 degrees and Sun-synchronous orbit.
Funding an orbital data-center constellation has been cited as part of the rationale for SpaceX pursuing an initial public offering.
SpaceX proposed reliance on optical inter-satellite links for communications between satellites and with Starlink spacecraft that would relay data to Earth.