ScienceNASA selects SpaceX to launch StarBurst gamma-ray mission
A post sharing the selection says StarBurst will fly on a Falcon 9 Bandwagon launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than 2028.
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A post says NASA has selected SpaceX to launch StarBurst from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 on a Falcon 9 Bandwagon mission, no earlier than 2028. It describes StarBurst’s planned role: scanning nearly the entire unobscured sky for short gamma-ray bursts created by merging neutron stars, helping scientists catch some of those events’ earliest high-energy signals.
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NASA selects SpaceX to launch StarBurst gamma-ray mission
A post sharing the selection says StarBurst will fly on a Falcon 9 Bandwagon launch from Cape Canaveral no earlier than 2028.
TLDR
A post says NASA has selected SpaceX to launch StarBurst from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 on a Falcon 9 Bandwagon mission, no earlier than 2028. It describes StarBurst’s planned role: scanning nearly the entire unobscured sky for short gamma-ray bursts created by merging neutron stars, helping scientists catch some of those events’ earliest high-energy signals.