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Private space company considers Texas launch site Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 08:14 p.m., Tuesday, April 10, 2012 SpaceX, which is building both a rocket and space capsule to carry cargo and eventually humans into orbit, has sought a federal review on the environmental impacts of developing a spaceport along the lower Texas coast, three miles north of the border with Mexico. Facilities at the vertical launch site would include a hangar, a launch pad and stand with its associated flame duct, propellant storage and handling areas, a workshop and office area, and a warehouse for parts storage. According to the company, the site's operations would consist of up to 12 launches per year. Early studies have focused on suborbital flights through the use of what are known as reusable launch vehicles - airplane-like spacecraft - that would take off and land at Ellington.