SpaceX begins construction of Starship launch pad in Florida

The company has begun construction of the Starship pad at Launch Complex 39A, which is part of NASA's Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk said Friday (December 3).
“Construction of the Starship Orbital Launch Pad at the Cape has begun,” Musk said via Twitter on Friday. “39A is a hallowed space flight site - there is no place more worthy of a launch pad
Starship production and testing is currently focused on Starbase, SpaceX's South Texas facility near the Boca Chica village on the Gulf Coast. Several prototype vehicles have been tested here over the past few years.
The tallest of these test walks reached an altitude of just 7.8 miles (12.5 km) in the sky over Texas. But a much bigger leap is coming soon if all goes according to plan - Starship's first orbital test flight. Musk said SpaceX plans to launch this flight from Starbase in January or February, assuming the FAA's environmental assessment is completed by the end of the year, as expected.
In 2014, SpaceX signed a 20-year lease agreement with NASA that allows the company to use the Pad 39A, the starting point for all but two crewed Apollo missions and most space shuttle flights. SpaceX is already launching its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets from this site, but the giant starship requires new infrastructure.
SpaceX is developing Starship to carry people and cargo to the Moon, Mars and beyond. The ship consists of two reusable stages: a first stage booster known as Super Heavy and a top-level spacecraft called Starship. A fully built Starship stands 395 feet (120 meters) high - about 30 feet (9 m) higher than NASA's famous Saturn V moon rocket.