SpaceX is in a deal to utilize a marine terminal in the Port of Long Beach for West Coast rocket recovery operations.

The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners affirmed another sublease concurrence with Elon Musk’s space launch company on Monday.

SpaceX will assume control over a wharf that was abandoned in February 2020 via Sea Launch, a company that cruised a self-impelled maritime launch stage and an order boat to the equator for satellite launches. Sea Launch kept the vessels at Long Beach between launches.

Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX will assume control over the 6.5-section of land office on May 1.

SpaceX can land the primary phase of its Falcon 9 rockets on sea-going landing cushions for reuse and furthermore recuperates its Dragon capsules after sea splashdowns.

The company had utilized a site in the adjoining Port of Los Angeles for recovery operations. It likewise twice retreated from plans to build its Starship rocket in the Port of LA