SpaceX launches ISS cargo ship, Space Force payload and Starfall capsule
The gist
SpaceX launched a Dragon cargo ship carrying over 6,300 pounds of supplies to the ISS on Oct 13.
It also flew a classified Space Force mission and readied a reentry-capsule rideshare.
How it unfolded
- Oct 13, 2026A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched an unpiloted Dragon cargo ship from Pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with more than 6,300 pounds of research materials, spare parts and crew supplies for the ISS; the first stage landed at 6:41 a.m.
- Oct 13, 2026The Cargo Dragon was scheduled to dock at the station's forward Harmony module space-facing port at 11 a.m. Thursday.
- Oct 14, 2026Rocket Lab announced its first Neutron rocket launch has been delayed again, to sometime in 2027, citing issues producing carbon composite components.