Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, 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 2 (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 the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 3.
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 357
Consecutive Success 60
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1071
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 21
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-4
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-21T14:51:00+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-21T11:34:00+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-12-21T11:18:00+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-20T08:29:00+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-20T01:18:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-19T11:59:00+0000
Delayed to December 21.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-12-13T16:05:00+0000
NET December 20.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-27T06:10:00+0000
NET December 29 (launch site switch is per https://twitter.com/hawkeye360/status/1859244042296385871).
Nosu
2023-08-16T07:15:13+0000
Adding launch
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