Liftoff Time
No Earlier Than 2028
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.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
Agency
SpaceXRocket
Diameter: 9m
Height: 124.4m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 200,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
80,800 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 9m
Stages
2
CCSFS/KSC, Florida or Starbase, Texas, USA