ALERT!!! On May 29, 2014 FAA issued an approval for the Space x Project on Boca Chica Beach. This was the last hurtle for the project.<< New text box >>

The SpaceX private launch site is a proposed space launch facility for the private use of Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX). Its purpose is "to provide SpaceX an exclusive launch site that would allow the company to accommodate its launch manifest and meet tight launch windows."

The launch facility is intended to support launches of the SpaceX Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles as well as "a variety of reusable suborbital launch vehicles."

As of September 2012, SpaceX was considering seven potential locations around the United States for the new commercial launch pad. As of March 2013, the leading candidate location for the new facility is a parcel of land adjacent to Boca Chica Beach near South Padre Island, Texas. Whichever site is selected, SpaceX is expected to invest approximately US$100 million in the development and construction of the facility, and "create hundreds of jobs."

SpaceX expects to start construction on the new launch facility, in whichever state is selected, no earlier than 2014, with the first launches from the facility no earlier than 2016.

Even though the final location decision has not been reached, SpaceX has purchased several real estate properties in Cameron County, beginning in June 2012. Prior to May 2013, five lots in the Spanish Dagger Subdivision in Boca Chica Village, adjacent to Highway 4 which leads to the proposed launch site, had been purchased. In May 2013, SpaceX purchased an additional three parcels, adding another 1 acre.

As of August 2013, SpaceX has purchased a total of 12 lots of land in Cameron County, including four additional lots with a total of 1.9 acres in July 2013. The FAA Draft EIA identified three parcels of land—total of 12.4 acres—that would notionally be used for the control center. In addition, SpaceX has leased 56.6 acres of land adjacent to the terminus of Texas State Highway 4, 20 acres of which would be used to develop the vertical launch area; the remainder would remain open space surrounding the launch facility.