In May 2013, SpaceX announced that the high-altitude, high-velocity test flights part of its reusable launch system development program would be done at Spaceport America near Las Cruces, New Mexico — and not at the Federal Government's adjacent White Sands Missile Range facility as previously planned. SpaceX signed a three-year lease for land and facilities at the newly operational spaceport. SpaceX indicated in May 2013 that they did not yet know how many jobs would move from Texas to New Mexico.