Dec 12 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on social media

platform X on Thursday that the SpaceX headquarters will now

officially be in the city of Starbase, Texas.

In July, Musk said he was moving the headquarters of two of

his companies - social media platform X and rocket company

SpaceX - to Texas from California, citing a new gender identity

law there as the "last straw."

The billionaire previously said SpaceX's main office would

move to an existing facility in Boca Chica, Texas, while X would

move to Austin. However, the extent to which jobs or facilities

in California will transfer to Texas was unclear.

He also transferred SpaceX's incorporation from Delaware to

Texas earlier this year. This followed the shareholder vote held

by Musk to move Tesla's state of incorporation to

Texas, where it has its headquarters, after a Delaware judge

invalidated his $56-billion pay package.

In 2021, Musk moved Tesla's headquarters from California to

Texas as well but said that California would remain its

engineering hub.

Musk changed his own residence in 2021 from California to

Texas, where there is no state income tax on individuals.