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NASA picks SpaceX to launch StarBurst gamma-ray burst detector

A Falcon 9 rideshare mission will carry the small satellite to study neutron star mergers no earlier than 2028.

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What to know

  • StarBurst will search the entire sky not blocked by Earth for short gamma-ray bursts produced by neutron star mergers, supporting multimessenger astronomy alongside gravitational-wave detectors.
  • The mission is part of NASA's Astrophysics Pioneers Program for lower-cost small-spacecraft investigations.
  • Launch is a firm-fixed-price task order under NASA's VADR contract, an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle capped at $1 billion across all task orders over a 10-year ordering period.
  • Launch is planned no earlier than 2028 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a Bandwagon rideshare Falcon 9 mission.

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NASA picks SpaceX to launch StarBurst gamma-ray burst detector
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    NASA awards SpaceX the StarBurst launch contract

    NASA selected SpaceX to launch the StarBurst gamma-ray burst detector on a Bandwagon rideshare Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral, no earlier than 2028, under a firm-fixed-price task order on the VADR contract.

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