SpaceX is in the hot seat after around 80 South Texas residents filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, alleging that repeated sonic booms and shockwaves from Starship testing over the past two and a half years have damaged their homes.
In the complaint, filed in Brownsville, Texas, the residents allege damage linked to 11 Starship-related test flights carried out from April 2023 through October 2025, Reuters reported.
The lawsuit describes exposure to “extraordinary amounts of acoustic energy, including noise, vibrations, and sonic booms.”
Benzinga reached out to SpaceX and attorneys for the plaintiffs for comment.
The filing argues SpaceX did not sufficiently evaluate how these tests could affect nearby homes and kept moving forward even with what the plaintiffs describe as “foreseeable, yet inadequately modeled, peril.” It also alleges SpaceX proceeded with “conscious indifference to the rights, safety, or welfare of others, including plaintiffs.”
The complaint …
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