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REPORT: Settlement with Exxon to Allow SpaceX Launch Site to Be Built in Vermillion Parish

The confidential deal could let SpaceX use 130,000 acres of Exxon land for its Starship rocket program, officials said.

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ABBEVILLE, La. - The dismissal of a coastal damages lawsuit brought by Vermilion Parish and the state of Louisiana against ExxonMobil is set to clear the way for SpaceX to build a rocket launch site in the parish, The Advocate reported.SpaceX, billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company, is set to acquire the use of about 130,000 acres of land owned by the oil company in the parish. The company plans to build a rocket launch site simi…

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The Advocate broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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