SpaceX to Test New Cargo Delivery Vehicle Starfall

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch on Tuesday to test a new reentry vehicle named Starfall, which is designed to deliver cargo globally from low-Earth orbit. The vehicle, developed in secrecy, aims to facilitate the transport and delivery of goods through space, as indicated in an environmental assessment published by the Federal Aviation Administration last month. The demonstration will take place at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, where Starfall will be launched alongside another payload. After orbiting the Earth twice, the Falcon 9's upper stage will release Starfall, which will reenter the atmosphere and aim for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, approximately 800 miles west of California.