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(Photo : Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images) BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
Elon Musk said SpaceX s ocean spaceport, Deimos, is under development and could start operating next year.
The structure will serve as a launch and landing pad for Musk s SpaceX Starship spacecraft, which he plans to take to Mars. Earlier this year, SpaceX purchased two oil rigs off the coast of Texas to serve as floating launchpads for the Starship.
The platforms have been given the names Deimos and Phobos, which are the names of two Mars moons.