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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
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.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
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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