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Musk gets his Texas wish. SpaceX launch site is approved as the new city of Starbase

Sunday 4 May 2025 22:44
A sign outside a SpaceX facility near the proposed new city
A sign outside a SpaceX facility near the proposed new city

AP

The South Texas home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company is now an official city with a galactic name: Starbase.

A vote Saturday to formally organize Starbase as a city was approved by a lopsided margin among the small group of voters who live there and are mostly Musk’s employees at SpaceX. With all the votes in, the tally was 212 in favor to 6 against, according to results published online by the Cameron County Elections Department.

Musk celebrated in a post on his social platform, X, saying it is “now a real city!”