Starfall Demo Launch Thread

Scheduled for (UTC)	2026-06-23, 10:53:00
Scheduled for (local)	2026-06-23, 06:53:00 (EDT)
Launch site	SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Booster	B1078-29
Landing	A Shortfall Of Gravitas
Payload	Starfall
Customer	SpaceX
Mission success criteria	Successful delivery of payload to LEO

Webcasts

Stream	Link
Space Affairs	https://youtube.com/watch?v=IrVeYmLouSU
Spaceflight Now	https://youtube.com/watch?v=0Xh_OTyzxOY
NASASpaceflight	https://youtube.com/watch?v=TBmijMsjv04
The Launch Pad	https://youtube.com/watch?v=39lNgmfG3rs
SpaceX	https://x.com/SpaceX/status/2069370212303110616
The Space Devs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKicbMA9pyM

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 35th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 6 days, 04:14:00 turnaround for SLC-40

☑️ 28 days, 23:04:56 turnaround for B1078

☑️ 158th landing on ASOG

☑️ 634th Falcon Family Booster landing, 645th Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 73rd Falcon 9 mission this year, 656th overall

☑️ 75th SpaceX mission this year, 685th overall (excluding Starship test flights)

☑️ 75th SpaceX launch this year, 694th overall (including Starship test flights)

Mission info

Starfall

Starfall is SpaceX's mass-produced reentry vehicle 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 2,100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1,000 kilogram of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.

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