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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589 4:32 PM · Jun 23, 2026
Starfall reentry over the Pacific expected at about 1440 UTC (in 10 min)
https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/2069428271960244667With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbitStephen Clark – June 23 2026 07:25
The purpose of Starfall is to support the “transport and delivery of goods through space.”(...) The Starfall vehicle is cylindrical in shape, with a diameter of 10.2 feet (3.1 meters) and a height of 2.5 feet (0.75 meters). Starfall weighs approximately 4,600 pounds (2.1 metric tons) with a capacity for about 2,200 pounds (1 metric ton) of payload, for a total weight of 6,800 pounds (3.1 metric tons). Designed exclusively for cargo, Starfall is smaller than SpaceX’s human-rated Crew Dragon spacecraft, which ferries astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
The first Starfall Demo mission will spend a few hours in low-Earth orbit, but the vehicle could also fly on shorter suborbital trajectories after launching on either Falcon 9 or the much larger Starship rocket. This version of Starfall is not capable of de-orbiting itself but instead relies upon its launch vehicle to guide it back into the atmosphere. After separating from its rocket carrier, the disc-shaped vehicle uses compressed nitrogen gas to orient its heat shield for reentry. (...)
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/06/with-starfall-spacex-eyes-an-edge-in-global-cargo-delivery-from-orbit/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/06/starfall-demo/SpaceX launches reentry capsule demo mission called ‘Starfall’June 23, 2026 Will Robinson-Smith
(...) The company had been tight-lipped about the payload and its mission profile, cutting off its public-facing, post-liftoff timeline after the booster landing event. SpaceX chose not to share views of its upper stage or the Starfall payload itself during its broadcast.
SpaceX also has not disclosed how many spacecraft are onboard this mission. An environmental assessment (EA) published by the Federal Aviation Administration said in May that the company wanted to “perform two Starfall reentries to demonstrate capabilities for future transport and delivery of goods through space,” but it’s not clear if this mission will include more than one Starfall capsule. (...)
Nearly nine minutes after liftoff, B1078 landed on the drone ship ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ positioned out in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the 157th landing on this vessel and the 628th booster landing for SpaceX to date. (...)
“For example, Starfall can serve as a proliferated successor to the International Space Station (ISS), taking the ISS’s successful manufacturing experiments and scaling them to a self-sustaining manufacturing economy in space. The Proposed Action is needed to advance novel space capabilities by maturing commercial technology.” (...)
“The heat shield consists of a carbon fiber structure wrapped in thermal protective material and containing two large, compressed nitrogen gas-filled composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) (151 liters each) and several smaller auxiliary compressed gas bottles (9 liters each). The heat shield weighs approximately 700 kg total.”
Following reentry, the top plate separates to reveal the parachute, which is connected to “four reinforced attachment points on the vehicle.” There are three parachutes in total, a drogue, a pilot, and main landing parachutes.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/06/23/live-coverage-spacex-to-launch-reentry-capsule-demo-mission-called-starfall/
Wątek: Falcon-9R B1078.29 | Starfall Demo | 23.06.2026 (Przeczytany 178 razy)