NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector – NASA0

• Astrophysics, Astrophysics Pioneers, Kennedy Space Center, Launch Services Office, Launch Services Program, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX, Starburst
• September 17, 2026

NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida