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Amazon to build Kuiper satellite processing facility in Florida

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Amazon announced it plans to invest $120 million to build a satellite processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Kuiper satellites will be built at their Kirkland, Washington facility before being shipped down to the processing facility in Florida.

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Tesla is planning a 200+ stall Supercharger site in Florida

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Tesla is planning to build a massive new Supercharger station in Florida, set to be the world’s largest with over 200 charging stalls. 60, off of exit 193 on the Florida Turnpike and near the junction with I-95. Tesla Supercharger Network opening one new stall every hour What are your thoughts?

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FAA to start new environmental review for Florida SpaceX Starship launches

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it intends to start a new environmental review for future Starship launches from Florida. The decision to start a new review comes after SpaceX has made changes and wants to build new infrastructure and ship upgrades, something the FAA did not consider during the first review in 2019.

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New Tesla Model 3 Performance appears to pop up in Florida ahead of launch

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A new Tesla Model 3 Performance vehicle has been spotted in Florida, popping up ahead of its launch later this year. In January, Tesla’s Head of Investor Relations, Martin Viecha, confirmed that the company was working on a new Model 3 Performance.

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Twitter discouraged from building HQ in Florida by Governor DeSantis

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis discouraged Twitter from establishing a headquarters in Florida — despite supporting Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. Mayor Lenny Curry from Jacksonville, Florida extended an invitation. Mayor Lenny Curry from Jacksonville, Florida extended an invitation.

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SpaceX to replicate Starbase, build multiple Starship launch pads in Florida

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Known as Launch Complex 49 (LC-49) and located where NASA once considered building LC-39C, a third Saturn-class pad to match 39A and 39B, NASA now says that SpaceX aims to develop the site into a dedicated Starship launch pad. The obvious implication: SpaceX intends to both build and launch Starships out of multiple Florida launch pads.

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SpaceX begins stacking Florida Starship launch tower

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SpaceX has begun stacking Starship’s first Florida launch tower. Less than half a year after the company restarted work on a Starship launch pad located just a few hundred feet away from existing Falcon launch facilities at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) LC-39A pad, a massive new launch tower has begun to take shape.

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