SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday to test Starfall, a new disk-shaped uncrewed reentry capsule designed to return cargo from space.
SpaceX Tests Secretive Starfall Reentry Capsule The company developed the saucer-shaped pod under a veil of secrecy.
An environmental assessment published by the Federal Aviation Administration last month said Starfall is meant to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space." According to Ars Technica, the first Starfall demonstration began at 6:53 a.m.
EDT, or 10:53 UTC, when a Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
At least one Starfall pod rode to orbit on the rocket, possibly with another undisclosed payload.
