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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission. It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA at 2026-06-23 10:43:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 388 out of 1115 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Technology and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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.

• [2026-06-23 10:43:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Project Starfall Demonstration Mission from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-06-25 02:48:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-45 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-06-27 09:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Pegasus XL | Swift Boost Mission from Air launch to orbit.
• [2026-06-28 14:00:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 17-40 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-06-29 02:25:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Sirius SXM-11 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | Ten Owl Of Ten (StriX Launch 10) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Electron | The Grain Goddess Provides (iQPS Launch 7) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Smart Dragon 3 | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 South Korean ADD Solid-Fuel SLV | Demo Flight from Sea Launch.
• [2026-06-30 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Spectrum | Onward and Upward from Andøya Spaceport.

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