Billionaire Elon Musk’s company on Thursday has sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase into an incorporated city.

Elon Musk is attempting to turn the Starbase site in Texas where SpaceX builds its Starship rockets into a new city and officially move his space company there.

"SpaceX HQ will now officially be in the city of Starbase, Texas!" wrote Musk on X (formerly Twitter) while quote-posting the letter, addressed to Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevino Jr., the county's top elected official.

Elon Musk said on social media platform X on Thursday that the SpaceX headquarters will now officially be in the city of Starbase, Texas.

Citing all the work the company has put into the region, employees are requesting a special election in Cameron County to incorporate a city.

Ready, set, launch. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is trying to make its south Texas launch site into a new, fully incorporated city. In a letter sent Thursday to local officials, the company called for a local election to turn Starbase,

Billionaire Elon Musk ‘s company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase -the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets- into an incorporated city. Residents of the area known as Starbase submitted the petition, according to the company.

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to turn SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas into an official city. Musk took to social media platform X to announce the development, saying, "SpaceX HQ will now officially be in the city of Starbase,

SpaceX is launching a new mission: making its Starbase site a new Texas city. Billionaire Elon Musk ‘s company on Thursday sent a letter to local officials requesting an election to turn what it calls Starbase — the South Texas site where SpaceX builds and launches its massive Starship rockets — into an incorporated city.