# SpaceX Wants 1,000 Starships a Year. Its New Factory Might Actually Make That Possible. - Date: 2026-04-16 - Category: Space & Aerospace A 380-foot building in Florida with 400-ton cranes and 24 work bays sounds like a launchpad upgrade. It is not. It is a factory built to produce rockets at the rate the US aviation industry only reached during WWII — before Starship has proven it can fly reliably. ---