SpaceX Will Use Four Launch Pads

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SpaceX says robust market can support four launch pads

SpaceX boss Elon Musk sees a day before the end of the decade when his prospering rocket company administers four launch pads, taking up beach real estate in Florida, Texas and California to serve disparate markets for commercial, government and crewed space missions.

That number doesn't count SpaceX's rocket test facilities in McGregor, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

It would put SpaceX in position to snatch up a significant share of the global launch business, with the Falcon 9 rocket and the behemoth Falcon Heavy launching multiple times per month.

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