Bandwagon 5Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare

Mission: Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Dedicated Rideshare · Low Earth Orbit

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.

Customers: SpaceX

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Timeline

1. T−00:38:00 GO for Prop Load
2. T−00:35:00 Prop Load
3. T−00:35:00 Stage 1 LOX Load
4. T−00:16:00 Stage 2 LOX Load
5. T−00:07:00 Engine Chill
6. T−00:01:00 Tank Press
7. T−00:01:00 Startup
8. T−00:00:45 GO for Launch
9. T−00:00:03 Ignition
10. T+00:00:00 Liftoff
11. T+00:01:09 Max-Q
12. T+00:02:26 MECO
13. T+00:02:29 Stage 2 Separation
14. T+00:02:37 SES-1
15. T+00:03:00 Fairing Separation
16. T+00:06:36 Entry Burn Startup
17. T+00:07:03 Entry Burn Shutdown
18. T+00:08:17 SECO-1
19. T+00:08:33 Stage 1 Landing Burn
20. T+00:08:58 Stage 1 Landing
21. T+00:53:48 SES-2
22. T+00:53:52 SECO-2
23. T+00:57:18 Payload Deployment Sequence Start
24. T+01:09:30 Payload Deployment Sequence End
25. T+02:48:28 Payload Separation

Updates

• Now targeting Oct 20 at 10:30 UTC source
• Updated launch weather, 55% GO. source
• GO for launch. source
• Tweaked launch window. source
• Added tentative launch time. source
• NET October 19. source
• Added launch. source