SpaceX launches first Starfall reentry capsule test flight from Cape Canaveral
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Jeff Foust
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SpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule on June 23 from Cape Canaveral, marking the first public acknowledgment of the secretive Starfall program. The mission, called Starfall Demo, aims to develop vehicles for in-space manufacturing and reentry capabilities, though details remain largely undisclosed. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 6:53 a.m. Eastern.
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· 3 pulledSpaceX launched the first test flight of its Starfall reentry capsule June 23, but the mission remained as secretive as the program itself.
A Falcon 9 lifted off at 6:53 a.m. Eastern from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 on what SpaceX called its Starfall Demo mission.
The launch was the first time SpaceX publicly discussed Starfall, an effort to develop vehicles for in-space manufacturing and...
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