Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
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Mission details
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. This launch also carries the second demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing. Starfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.
Current status: The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concern: Liftoff Winds
Mission-specific study diagram for Falcon 9 Block 5: upper-stage delivery and booster recovery are shown separately.
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Rocket and launch site
Falcon 9 Block 5 is listed for this mission with SpaceX. The current launch record places the mission at Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
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