NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Starlab Space Station

Launch Time
NET 2028

Rocket

Cargo Starship
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Planned
Liftoff Thrust: 74,432 kN
Payload to LEO: 200,000 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 121.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 9.0 m

Mission Details

Starlab Space Station

Starlab Space LLC is a planned, US-led transatlantic joint venture between Voyager Space and Airbus that is designing, building, and will operate the Starlab commercial space station. Starlab will serve a global customer base of space agencies, researchers, and companies, ensuring a continued human presence in low-Earth orbit and a seamless transition of microgravity science and research from the International Space Station into the new commercial space station era.

As a continuously crewed, free-flying space station, Starlab will serve a global customer base of space agencies, researchers, and companies, ensuring a continued human presence in LEO and a seamless transition of microgravity research from the International Space Station into the new commercial space station era. Starlab will launch on a single flight with operations set to start in 2029 be fully outfitted on the ground, and ready to permanently host four crew members in LEO to conduct microgravity research and advanced scientific discovery.

Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit

Location

CCSFS/KSC, Florida or Starbase, Texas, USA