The recent Spacex Gigabay in Boca Chica was designed as a massive facility of the integration and vertical installation to support the production and renovation of the ship’s ship’s start system.
Gigabay will have 380 feet of height and supply about 46.5 million cubic feet in the inner processing space, with 815,000 square feet of workplace. It is designed to support the ship’s ship and super heavy ones up to 81 meters high (266 feet) and will contain 24-30 working cells for integration and renovation, equipped with cranes capable of lifting to 400 American tons.
Compared to the existing Megabay facilities in Starbase (Mega Bay 1 and Mega Bay 2), Gigabay offers over 11 times square material and 19 additional working cells.
The construction of Starfactory began around February 2022, with many phases accomplished or lasting up to 2025, covering about 1 million square feet at its phases, goals to improve production processes, with a long -term to produce one spacecraft per day (about 365 ships per year).
The latest Starfactory phase appeared on the Internet in the summer of 2024, adding a significant factory floor space. SpaceX has already began producing components for Starship version 2, which is optimized for mass production. Version 3 of the ship will be ready later in 2025.
Gigabay at Boca Chica under construction and targeted at the end of 2026. It is predicted that Starfactory’s production capability will increase significantly during this era.
Gigabay can potentially accommodate 6 spacecraft in 5 rows.
Gigabay dimensions
Length: 360 feet
Width: 426 feet
Height: 377 feet
Leading to mass production
Gigabay accomplished by the end of 2026. Production can scale the annual production of 20-50 ships. Starfactor can do 1 ships a week at the end of the year. At the starting of 2026, it could actually concentrate on testing and improving, and production accelerates activation after Gigabay.
Super heavy boosters are more complex and designed for higher reuse indicators, so you wish less. Production can range from 5-10 boosters. This was enough for a lot of prime minister from Boca Chica and initial operations in Florida.
In 2027, if SpaceX reaches the production speed of 1 ship every 3-4 days, then 90-120 spacecraft could possibly be produced. It is assumed that Starfactory and Gigabay are fully synchronized, with the demand for Starlink, Lunar and Mars missions using the exit. Two or more Gigabays will probably be built, and more starting towers will be in other locations.
The production of super heavy amplifiers can increase to 10-15 amplifiers.
In 2028, Starships can catch up with to someday for the day, production can reach 200-300 spacecraft. Super heavy amplifiers could reach 15-25 boosters.
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