Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
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.
Bandwagon 1 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include Capella Space's Acadia-4 and the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 2.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1073
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 19
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-08T04:06:07+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-07T23:17:13+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-04-07T22:18:02+0000
Unofficial Webcast by NASASpaceflight has started
Nosu
2024-04-06T13:58:21+0000
Weather >95%
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-06T01:15:56+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-02T13:50:41+0000
Refined launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-31T09:07:55+0000
Added launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-28T18:37:24+0000
NET April 7.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-24T00:28:48+0000
No longer listed for April 7.
Nosu
2024-03-21T17:44:59+0000
Delayed to April 7
Nosu
2024-03-15T15:54:06+0000
Updating pad
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-03-07T00:04:46+0000
Added tentative launch date and time.
Nosu
2024-01-19T07:33:28+0000
Reportedly targeting April 1st
Nosu
2023-08-16T07:13:46+0000
Adding launch
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