SpaceX F9 - Bandwagon-1 - LC-39A

[Grendal]

Launch Date: April 7
Launch Window: 7:02 p.m. EDT (2302 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-39A, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: RTLS
Booster: B1076.12
Fairings: Reused
Mass: TBD
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 36

The first of SpaceX’s Bandwagon ride-share missions, targeting a low Earth orbit with an inclination of approximately 45.4 degrees. A 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.

This will be the 300th successful launch in a row since the last failure!!!

 

[JB47394]

Bandwagon is a great name for rideshare missions.

 

[scaesare]

Hehe yeah.. I chuckled when they introduced those some time ago...

 

[Grendal]

 

[Electroman]

Launch Date: April 7
Launch Window: 7:02 p.m. EDT (2302 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-39A, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS
Booster: B1076.12
Fairings: Reused
Mass: TBD
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 36

The first of SpaceX’s Bandwagon ride-share missions, targeting a low Earth orbit with an inclination of approximately 45.4 degrees. A 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.

This will be the 300th successful launch in a row since the last failure!!!

This was an RTLS booster landing and not ASDS.