NASA Picks SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch StarBurst Gamma-Ray Burst Detector

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NASA has awarded SpaceX the contract to launch its StarBurst mission, a small satellite built to study neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. The spacecraft will ride to orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as part of a Bandwagon rideshare mission. Liftoff is planned from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The StarBurst mission aims to deepen scientific understanding of some of the universe's most energetic and short-lived cosmic events.

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