Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
NET: 2026-10-20T11:04:00Z
SUCCESS Dedicated Rideshare Low Earth Orbit
§ Launch
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Customer
- SpaceX
- Mission name
- Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
§ Pad
- Name
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Operator
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Coordinates
- 28.5619°, -80.5774°
§ 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.