Gigabay is an under construction high capacity vertical intergration facility in Florida. It is planned to be completed by August 2026 at SpaceX's Roberts Road facility and will be 380 feet (116 metres) tall according to FAA documentation[1].
History[]
On the 22nd of January 2025, FAA documentation revealed plans for a Gigabay to be constructed at SpaceX's Roberts Road facility, with a height of 380 feet (116 metres) and a planned completion date of August 2026 [2].
On September 27th 2025, the first vertical steel columns were raised to begin construction aboved the foundations.
Announcements and updates[]
3 March 2025 - SpaceX web update[]
On 3 March 2025, SpaceX gave an update on their plans and current status at their Florida sites, including the future construction of a Gigabay, work at LC-39A (see here) and plans at SLC-37 (see here).
"The Gigabay in Florida will stand 380 feet tall and provide approximately 46.5 million cubic feet of interior processing space with 815,000 square feet of workspace, including ground level, elevated platform work areas, and a work and meeting space on the top floor. Gigabay will be able to support Starship and Super Heavy vehicles up to 81 meters (266 feet) tall and will provide 24 work cells for integration and refurbishment work, along with cranes capable of lifting up to 400 US tons. Compared to the Megabay facilities in Starbase, currently SpaceX’s largest stacking and integration buildings, Gigabay provides more than 11 times the square-footage for workspace, 19 additional work cells, and more than twice the crane lifting capacity.
Site preparations for Gigabay in Florida have already begun, with construction targeted to be complete and the facility operational by the end of 2026. At the same time, we are also building another Gigabay at Starbase in Texas, next to our Starship Starfactory manufacturing facility. Work on this Gigabay has already begun, and the facility is targeted for completion by the end of 2026.
As we work to complete the Gigabay in Florida, we are also designing and planning for a co-located manufacturing facility, similar to the Starfactory in Texas, to enable production of Starships in Florida. To enable initial Starship flights from Florida while our Space Coast Starship manufacturing, integration, and refurbishment facilities are being completed, we will first transport completed Super Heavy boosters and Starship upper stage ships from Starbase via barge to build up a Starship fleet in Florida. With production, integration, refurbishment, and launch facilities in Florida as well as Texas, we will be in a position to quickly ramp Starship’s launch rate via rapid reusability."[3]
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