SpaceX secures NASA StarBurst launch order for no earlier than 2028

NASA selected SpaceX (SPCX) to launch its StarBurst small satellite on a Falcon 9 rideshare mission no earlier than 2028, supporting research into neutron star mergers and short gamma-ray bursts.

StarBurst will fly aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch will use a Falcon 9 rocket.