Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
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Launch Window
Dec. 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m. - Dec. 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Dec. 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m. - Dec. 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m.
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on the Bandwagon 2 rideshare mission, carrying 30 small payloads. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Saturday,...
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 3.
Launch success.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Tweaked T-0.
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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 booster B1071 has returned to the launch site at LZ-4 after its 21st flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.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.
INFO WIKI
On Saturday, Dec. 21st, SpaceX will launch the Bandwagon-2 rideshare mission from Space Launch Complex… The post SpaceX to launch Bandwagon-2 rideshare from Vandenberg appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
This is the second batch of customer satellites that SpaceX will launch to a mid-inclination orbit. Liftoff from pad 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base is set for 3:12 a.m. PST (6:12 a.m. EST, 1112 UTC).
SpaceX launched 30 satellites Dec. 21 on the second in a series of dedicated rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits. The post SpaceX launches second mid-inclination rideshare mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 is set… The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab to launch mission for Synspective appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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