A new filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows SpaceX is planning a $7.5 million, 22,500-square-foot expansion of a rocket development hangar at its engine test facility ...

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But SpaceX has an agreement with the City of McGregor that limits tie times of day the facility can test. “It was the same way back in the Bluebonnet days,” Kirk said.

SpaceX then moved into the McGregor test facility in 2003. In the coming years, the launch provider would modify the tripod stand to support Falcon 9 static fires.

The facility is also cannot test past 10 p.m., a rule it has violated five times in the past year, according to the city of McGregor. Dawson can handle the noise, just not at all hours of the night.

A new filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows SpaceX is planning a $7.5 million, 22,500-square-foot expansion of a rocket development hangar at its engine test facility ...