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SpaceX Starfall capsule launches on Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission

The Falcon 9 carries the Starfall capsule, which is 3.1 metres across and has no propulsion of its own; its secret got out anyway.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentSpaceX is set to launch its Starfall return capsule on a rideshare with thirty-one customer payloads, and it's a secret project that online users spotted at the top of the rocket stack before SpaceX's own imagery confirmed it.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo strangers did the reveal. That's a comment section beating a communications department.

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