Polaris Dawn will temporarily raise the spacecraft apogee to about 1,400 km starting about nine orbits after launch.
Polaris Dawn will test communications through the Starlink constellation to evaluate whether Starlink can take over communications traditionally handled by ground stations or NASA’s TDRS network.
Polaris confirmed on 2022-10-24 that it plans to perform biomedical experiments on Polaris Dawn during the five-day flight.
Polaris Dawn was originally planned to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The next SpaceX crewed launch is Polaris Dawn, which was originally scheduled for late 2022 and is now planned for no earlier than March 2023.
Polaris Dawn will include an extravehicular activity using a modified version of the pressure suit worn by Crew Dragon astronauts.