SpaceX Adds To Starfall Flight Manifest

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Irene Klotz
September 15, 2026

Artist’s concept of Space Cargo’s REV-1 space factory, based on the European Space Agency’s Space Rider reusable vehicle.

Credit: Thales Alenia Space

European startup Space Cargo Unlimited said it has signed a contract with SpaceX for a Starfall space manufacturing mission that would launch aboard a Starship flight in 2028. Space Cargo becomes the second customer to disclose a contract for SpaceX’s new commercial services for manufacturing…

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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