Launchpads

SpaceX's busiest East Coast Falcon 9 pad, used for Starlink, commercial, NASA, national-security, and Cargo Dragon missions. SpaceX has also added crew access infrastructure so the pad can support Dragon crew missions alongside LC-39A.

Status: active

NASA's Apollo and Shuttle-era pad now leased by SpaceX for Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Crew Dragon, Cargo Dragon, and future Starship operations. It is SpaceX's primary crew launch pad and one of its two Florida Falcon 9 pads.

Status: active

Starbase's first orbital-class Starship/Super Heavy launch mount at Boca Chica. It supports integrated Starship flight tests and includes the launch tower, chopstick arms, tank farm, and orbital launch mount infrastructure.

Status: active

Second orbital-class Starship launch pad at Starbase, built to increase Starship test cadence and provide redundancy alongside Pad 1.

Status: active

SpaceX's West Coast Falcon 9 launch pad, optimized for polar and sun-synchronous missions including Starlink, Earth-observation, rideshare, NASA, and national-security launches.

Status: active

Remote Pacific launch site used for SpaceX's five Falcon 1 flights. The first three Falcon 1 attempts failed, while the fourth and fifth reached orbit, proving SpaceX's first orbital launch vehicle.

Status: retired

Boca Chica suborbital test area used for early Starhopper and Starship prototype hops and high-altitude tests before integrated Starship/Super Heavy flight testing moved to orbital-class pads.

Status: retired

Former SpaceX-leased Falcon 1 pad at Vandenberg. SpaceX modified the site but never launched from it before consolidating West Coast Falcon operations at SLC-4E.

Status: retired