SpaceX and its supporters have long dubbed this area “Starbase,” but they now want ... copy reposted by SpaceX founder Elon ...

The incorporation could fundamentally shift local authority dynamics by potentially giving SpaceX ... seeks federal approval to increase annual launches at the site from five to 25. Starbase ...

Most Starbase residents, primarily SpaceX employees, voted in favor of incorporation. Some locals protested the incorporation, citing concerns about restricted access to Boca Chica State Park and ...

While SpaceX employees are casting their votes in the incorporation election, they are also casting ballots for Starbase’s first elected officers — a mayor and two city commissioners.

With the incorporation of Starbase, the area now has a city council, mayor and commissioners. Voters unanimously elected a mayor, Bobby Peden, who works for SpaceX, according to his LinkedIn profile.

City leaders held their first public meetings this week since voters approved the South Texas city’s incorporation.

Voters walk to a polling place at SpaceX’s South Texas facility to cast a ballot in the Starbase incorporation vote on May 3, 2025. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Newsroom One couple ...

Then in December 2024, the county received an incorporation petition for Starbase. Now, the overwhelming majority of voters—many of whom are SpaceX employees or relatives of the aerospace ...

Development at SpaceX’s new city of Starbase is moving ahead after residents voted overwhelmingly Saturday to approve its incorporation. A new state filing shows the commercial space company ...

The SpaceX CEO has long favored the Lone Star ... his name was not yet among the early voters for the Starbase incorporation election. The cosmic dateline sounds like a billionaire’s vanity ...

"That is why we are requesting that Cameron County call an election to enable the incorporation of Starbase as the newest city in the Rio Grande Valley." SpaceX has also requested that federal ...