Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission
Demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing.
Starfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 k
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There are exactly 4 days left until Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission, which is 79 hours or 4701 minutes.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission will take place on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 10:43 AM.
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