The SpaceX South Texas launch site, also known as Boca Chica launch site, is a private rocket production facility, test site, and spaceport constructed by SpaceX, located at Boca Chica approximately 32 km east of Brownsville, Texas, on the US Gulf Coast.

For a launch site, the closer you are to the equator, the less propellant you need to reach orbit. … SpaceX can buy land in Boca Chica to build their own spaceport, which, in the long run, will be cheaper than renting a launchpad in Cape Canaveral or Vandenberg.