Project Starfall Demonstration Mission

Secretive Starfall Demo mission from Cape Canaveral tested SpaceX's roughly 2,100 kg uncrewed reentry capsule, designed to autonomously return up to 1,000 kg of customer payloads and in-space manufacturing products from orbit — the program's first public reveal.

Outcome

Success

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth orbit

Payload to orbit

2.4 T

Flight

598th

of 638 Falcon 9 Block 5 flights

Date and time

23 June 2026, 10:53 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Builder

SpaceX

Launch site

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Payload

Technology

Launches in 2026

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