A New Era for Space Launch? The Coming Falcon 9 Retirement
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 launched the Bandwagon 5 dedicated mid-inclination rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, carrying dozens of small satellites for commercial and government customers. The flight also included the second demonstration of SpaceX's Project Starfall, a cylindrical reentry capsule designed to autonomously return experiments and other payloads from orbit to Earth. The launch was declared successful.
Falcon 9’s retirement could leave the market up for grabs, as SpaceX finds themselves still in the process of developing and marketing Starship as a worthy successor.
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