Blue Origin is expanding its Rocket Park campus at Cape Canaveral Spaceport through a $600 million capital investment that will add a new 830,000 square foot upper stage manufacturing facility on Florida’s Space Coast.
The expansion project, announced by Ron DeSantis, will support 500 aerospace jobs with an average salary of more than $98,000. The facility is expected to directly increase the volume and mass that can be delivered to orbit from Florida.
The project will leverage Florida’s Spaceport Improvement Program (SIP), a partnership between Space Florida and the Florida Department of Transportation. Since 2012, the SIP has funded 48 major infrastructure projects and leveraged more than $531 million in state investment to attract $3.3 billion in private industry funding across Florida’s spaceport system.
According to the announcement, Blue Origin is currently the only company to manufacture and launch rockets from Florida. The company said the new project, known as Project Horizon, represents its most ambitious expansion effort in the state to date.
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said the company has scaled to nearly 4,000 employees in Florida since 2015, while investing more than $2.3 billion across 500 Florida suppliers and expanding to 11 sites across Brevard and Orange counties.
The announcement also highlighted Florida’s recent labor market performance. In April 2026, the state’s total nonagricultural employment reached a record 10,032,900 jobs, while Florida’s labor force reached 11,150,000.
Florida Secretary of Commerce J. Alex Kelly said the expansion strengthens Florida’s position as a leading hub for aerospace innovation and advanced manufacturing. Space Florida President and CEO Rob Long added that Florida’s ability to support the full lifecycle of launch operations creates efficiencies that are difficult to replicate elsewhere.
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“Blue Origin’s expansion is proof that when you get the fundamentals right, the best companies bring their best jobs to you. Florida has created the ideal environment where companies can succeed, scale and keep choosing Florida over and over again—promoting growth that reinforces the state’s position a national leader in advanced manufacturing and aviation and aerospace—bolstering Florida’s Space Coast and beyond.”
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida
“Project Horizon is the latest and most ambitious chapter in Blue Origin’s decade-long commitment to Florida. Since 2015, we’ve scaled to nearly 4,000 employees, invested more than $2.3 billion across 500 Florida suppliers, and expanded to 11 sites across Brevard and Orange Counties. And we’re just getting started.”
Dave Limp, CEO, Blue Origin
“Space Florida’s charge has always been to think long-term: to make investments today that position our state for leadership tomorrow. Adding another Blue Origin project to our roster is that vision brought to life, and it reaffirms Florida as the world’s premier destination for aerospace.”
Jeanette Nuñez, Chair, Space Florida Board of Directors
“Florida continues to make deliberate, long-term investments in infrastructure to strengthen our transportation system and grow our economy. The Spaceport Improvement Program demonstrates that strategy in action, supporting projects that advance innovation and long-term growth across Florida’s spaceport system.”
Jared W. Perdue, Secretary, Florida Department of Transportation
“Under Governor DeSantis’ leadership, Florida is a national leader in aerospace innovation and advanced manufacturing, and Blue Origin’s expansion at Cape Canaveral further strengthens the state’s position as the premier hub for the future of space commerce. Blue Origin’s latest investment into Florida’s Space Coast not only supports high-wage job creation and strengthens Florida’s aerospace workforce, but it reinforces the long-term economic impact of strategic infrastructure investments across our spaceport system.”
J. Alex Kelly, Florida Secretary of Commerce
“This latest Blue Origin project is the latest validation of The Florida Model and strengthens what makes Florida truly unique: our ability to support the full lifecycle of launch. When a company can design, build, and launch from the same state, it creates efficiencies that are hard to replicate anywhere else. Blue Origin continues to choose the state that has spent more than a decade systematically building the conditions for them to scale here.”
Rob Long, President and CEO, Space Florida
