SpaceX has secured the green light to reshape a historic Florida launch site for its next-generation Starship system, a decision that could shift the center of gravity for heavy-lift launches to Cape Canaveral.

While the first Starship was a test run, the second version of SpaceX's rocket was always meant as a stepping stone for what would become the real thing.

Eleven years after Musk promised an $85 million investment, SpaceX has surpassed that goal by about 16,000%. The company has had a $13 billion economic impact and created more than 24,000 jobs, according to a Cameron County report. But those figures came from SpaceX, and neither the county nor the company provided data to substantiate the claims.

After waiting the requisite time for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), SpaceX now has environmental approval to build a Starship launch complex at SLC-37. Not much has changed between the draft and final EISs, but there is still tons of information about where the launch pads will be built, along with some new statistics on the tank farm.

The Department of the Air Force has approved SpaceX’s plan to redevelop a historic launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for Starship-Super Heavy operations, paving the way for dozens of launches and landings each year from Florida’s Space Coast.

SpaceX has been given a major boost for its Starship operations at Cape Canaveral in Florida after the Department of the Air Force (DAF) gave the green light for the company to develop the Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37) launch facility.

Department of the Air Force has approved plans to convert a former Delta 4 launch site at Cape Canaveral into a complex for SpaceX’s Starship.

SpaceX's latest uncrewed Starship launch at first went off without a boom May 27 but eventually broke up almost an hour after it took off. After two test flights ended in dramatic explosions earlier this year, SpaceX's ninth test of its Starship vehicle ...

Modifications to Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station have already begun. SpaceX just took a big step toward launching its Starship megarocket from Florida. The U.S. Air Force has given SpaceX permission to develop Space Launch Complex-37 (SLC-37) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as a launch site for Starship,

SpaceX's flight 9 Starship launched from Starbase in Texas. See views from below and more in this slow motion footage. Also, see the launch in real-time. Credit: SpaceX | edited by Space.com