SpaceX to double the size of Starlink Bastrop production facility
12/31/2024 10:40 PM
Starlink is steadily becoming one of SpaceX’s largest businesses, so much so that Elon Musk has stated that the satellite internet service is how “we are paying for humanity to get to Mars.”
It is then no surprise that SpaceX has dedicated a notable amount of resources to ensure that Starlink can be produced in higher volumes.
Starlink’s 2024 milestones:
- Starlink had a stellar 2024. To help ramp the production of the satellite internet system, SpaceX opened a new 700,000 square foot factory in Bastrop, Texas.
- The introduction of Starlink Mini changed the game of portable internet systems by offering reliable, high-speed connectivity in a sleek, lightweight package.
- As per Starlink’s 2024 Progress Report, the Bastrop facility quickly scaled to produce 70,000 customer kits a week locally and 110,000 across the United States.
- This equates to a capacity of 5.5 million Starlink units per year.
- Across all production facilities, SpaceX produced and sold 3.9 million customer Starlink kits in 2024.
- This also resulted in the Starlink Bastrop facility emerging as a leading hub for printed circuit board (PCB) production.
Great work by the SpaceX team building the highest volume advanced electronics manufacturing system in America! https://t.co/ngMLruQlOx
— Kekius Maximus (@elonmusk) December 31, 2024
Looking forward:
- SpaceX is now looking to double the size of its Bastrop production facility this coming 2025.
- As per the 2024 Starlink Progress Report:
- “To further strengthen its production scalability, SpaceX is more than doubling the size of its Bastrop production facility (opening in 2025). This will add production capability of millions of customer kits each year to meet the growing demand for high-speed, low-latency internet from space that people can take with them wherever they go.”
What they are saying:
- Elon Musk congratulated the SpaceX team for Starlink’s milestones this 2024.
- “Great work by the SpaceX team building the highest volume advanced electronics manufacturing system in America!” Musk wrote in a post on social media platform X.
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