SpaceX Breaks Ground To Launch Commercial Satellites into orbit

The private spaceflight company SpaceX has begun construction on a new launch site in Texas, a seaside spaceport that will be used to blast commercial satellites into orbit a few years from now.

SpaceX officially broke ground on the facility, today Monday Sept. 22 in Brownsville, Texas. 

The new launch site will be located near Boca Chica Beach, at the far southern tip of the Lone Star State.

"We appreciate the leadership of [Texas] Governor Rick Perry and numerous other federal, state and local leaders who have helped make it possible for SpaceX to build the world’s first commercial launch complex designed specifically for orbital missions," SpaceX's billionaire founder and CEO, Elon Musk, said in a statement. 

The facility should be operational by 2016, SpaceX representatives said.

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