Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
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April 7, 2024, 11:16 p.m. - April 7, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
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April 7, 2024, 11:16 p.m. - April 7, 2024, 11:16 p.m.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include Capella Space's Acadia-4 and the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 2.
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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 first stage B1073 has landed back at the launch site after its 14th flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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SpaceX launched its first Bandwagon rideshare mission on Sunday, sending eleven payloads to orbit. The mission took off from Launch Complex 39A...
On Sunday, April 7 SpaceX will launch the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC). If needed there is a backup launch opportunity the next day at the same time.
SpaceX launched the first in a new line of dedicated rideshare missions April 7, delivering 11 commercial and military satellites into mid-inclination orbits.
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