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Project Starfall Demonstration Mission
Falcon 9 Block 5
Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
Status reported by the mission data provider.
LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
Note: Mission profile and payload details are TBD. 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 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Technology
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The Falcon 9 first stage B1078 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 29th flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 630
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
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WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
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Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
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- T−00:01:00
Startup
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:08
Max-Q
- T+00:02:25
MECO
- T+00:02:28
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:36
SES-1
- T+00:03:08
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:31
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:07:02
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:25
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:49
Stage 1 Landing
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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Coverage & sources
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