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Bandwagon-⁠5

Falcon 9Cape Canaveral, Florida

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Mission

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.

Falcon 9 launched Bandwagon-⁠5 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-⁠40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After stage separation, the first stage was set to land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship, about 600 km downrange.

Mission briefing from SpaceX

SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Tuesday, October 20 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-⁠5 rideshare mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-⁠40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The launch window opens at 7:04 a.m. ET. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Wednesday, October 21 with a window opening at 6:30 a.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.

On board this mission are 32 payloads including cubesats, microsats, and reentry vehicles.

This will be the 19th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-⁠9, RRT-⁠1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, Fram2, SXM-⁠10, MTG-⁠S1, EchoStar XXV, SXM-⁠11, and now 10 Starlink missions. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship which will be stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.

Launched
07:04 EDT at the pad
Rocket
Falcon 9 Block 5SpaceX
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida50th launch from this pad in 20267 days after the last
Latest update
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2h48min

Mission duration

19th

Flight of B1085

600km

Downrange landing, ASOG

121st

SpaceX launch of 2026

Flight

From liftoff to orbit

  1. SLC-40
  2. ASOG600 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Max QT+00:01:09
  5. Stage separationT+00:02:29
  6. FairingT+00:03:00
  7. SECOT+00:08:17
  8. LandingT+00:08:58
  9. 32 deploymentsT+00:57:18
  1. SLC-40
  2. ASOG600 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Stage separationT+00:02:29
  5. LandingT+00:08:58
  6. 32 deploymentsT+00:57:18
  1. SLC-40
  2. ASOG600 km downrange
  3. LiftoffT+00:00:00
  4. Max QT+00:01:09
  5. Stage separationT+00:02:29
  6. FairingT+00:03:00
  7. LandingT+00:08:58
  8. 32 deploymentsT+00:57:18
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All times approximate, in your time zone (CEST)Timeline: SpaceX

  1. T minus 38 minutesSpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
  2. T minus 35 minutesRP-⁠1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins
  3. T minus 35 minutes1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins
  4. T minus 16 minutes2nd stage LOX loading begins
  5. T minus 7 minutesFalcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch
  6. T minus 1 minuteCommand flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks
  7. T minus 1 minutePropellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins
  8. T minus 45 secondsSpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
  9. T minus 3 secondsEngine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
  10. T plus 0 secondsFalcon 9 liftoff
  11. T plus 1 minute 9 secondsMax Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
  12. T plus 2 minutes 26 seconds1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
  13. T plus 2 minutes 29 seconds1st and 2nd stages separate
  14. T plus 2 minutes 37 seconds2nd stage engine starts (SES-⁠1)
  15. T plus 3 minutesFairing separation, 2nd stage
  16. T plus 6 minutes 36 seconds1st stage entry burn start
  17. T plus 7 minutes 3 seconds1st stage entry burn ends
  18. T plus 8 minutes 17 seconds2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-⁠1)
  19. T plus 8 minutes 33 seconds1st stage landing burn starts
  20. T plus 8 minutes 58 seconds1st stage landing
  21. T plus 53 minutes 48 seconds2nd stage engine starts (SES-⁠2)
  22. T plus 53 minutes 52 seconds2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-⁠2)
  23. T plus 57 minutes 18 seconds32 deployments over 1 h 51 min, Payload
  24. T plus 57 minutes 18 secondsT.MicroSat-⁠3 via Tron Future Tech deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  25. T plus 57 minutes 35 secondsT.MicroSat-⁠4 via Tron Future Tech deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  26. T plus 57 minutes 58 secondsFOSSASAT-⁠2E27 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  27. T plus 58 minutes 1 secondTomorrow-⁠S15 deploys, manifested by Tomorrow.io, Payload
  28. T plus 58 minutes 15 secondsTomorrow-⁠S14 deploys, manifested by Tomorrow.io, Payload
  29. T plus 58 minutes 22 secondsLEO Express 4 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  30. T plus 58 minutes 32 secondsHawk-⁠15C deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  31. T plus 59 minutes 8 secondsSIRIUS-⁠B deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  32. T plus 59 minutes 39 secondsSIRIUS-⁠A deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  33. T plus 59 minutes 54 secondsHawk-⁠16A deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  34. T plus 1 hourHawk-⁠16B deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  35. T plus 1 hourICEYE-⁠4 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  36. T plus 1 hour 1 minuteICEYE-⁠2 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  37. T plus 1 hour 1 minutePulsar-⁠02 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  38. T plus 1 hour 1 minutePulsar-⁠04 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  39. T plus 1 hour 1 minuteICEYE-⁠1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  40. T plus 1 hour 1 minutePulsar-⁠03 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  41. T plus 1 hour 1 minuteICEYE-⁠3 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  42. T plus 1 hour 2 minutesPTS-⁠1 via Xona Space Systems deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  43. T plus 1 hour 2 minutesAcadia-⁠11 deploys, manifested by Capella Space Corp, Payload
  44. T plus 1 hour 2 minutesPulsar-⁠01 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  45. T plus 1 hour 2 minutesFRG-100D4 deploys, manifested by Fergani, Payload
  46. T plus 1 hour 3 minutesStarburst-⁠1 deploys, manifested by Portal Space Systems, Payload
  47. T plus 1 hour 3 minutesPTS-⁠2 via Xona Space Systems deploys, manifested by Exolaunch, Payload
  48. T plus 1 hour 3 minutesPelican-⁠12 deploys, manifested by Planet Labs, Payload
  49. T plus 1 hour 3 minutesAcadia-⁠12 deploys, manifested by Capella Space Corp, Payload
  50. T plus 1 hour 4 minutesGNOMES-⁠11 deploys, manifested by PlanetiQ, Payload
  51. T plus 1 hour 5 minutesMAXWELL deploys, manifested by Viasat, Payload
  52. T plus 1 hour 5 minutesW-Series 7 deploys, manifested by Varda Space Industries, Payload
  53. T plus 1 hour 7 minutesUmbra-⁠14 deploys, manifested by Umbra Lab, Inc, Payload
  54. T plus 1 hour 9 minutesUmbra-⁠13 deploys, manifested by Umbra Lab, Inc, Payload
  55. T plus 2 hours 48 minutesStarfall deploys, Payload

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceXReusable640 launches since May 2018, 639 successful

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About Falcon 9 Block 5

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.

70m

Height

3.7m

Diameter

549t

Mass at liftoff

7.6MN

Thrust at liftoff

23t

Payload to low Earth orbit

8.3t

Payload to geostationary transfer orbit

Orbit estimated from CelesTrak’s elementsMeasured trackSpaceX’s predicted path

In orbit now

The crewed stations and Hubble, once around the Earth every 92 to 94 minutes

SpacecraftAltitudeSpeed
ISSDocked: Soyuz MS-⁠29, Crew-⁠13In sunlight432km27,556km/h
TiangongDocked: Shenzhou-⁠23In Earth’s shadow384km27,664km/h
HubbleIn sunlight475km27,466km/h

Estimated for from CelesTrak’s orbital elements, up to 31 h old.

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