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Watch live: SpaceX launches and lands Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral on Bandwagon 4 mission

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying multiple payloads on the Bandwagon-4 ride-share mission. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is...

SpaceX Launches Bandwagon-4

SpaceX launch of the smallsat rideshare mission Bandwagon-4, with an RTLS landing of the Booster at LZ-2 Launch Window: November 2nd from 1AM EDT to 1:03AM EST (05:00-06:03 UTC) Current target: Novem...

Bandwagon-4 Mission

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Bandwagon 4 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 95%
B1091 - Landing Zone 2

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 3, 2025, 6:49 p.m.

NET November.


Cosmic_Penguin • June 3, 2025, 11:20 p.m.

NET July.


Cosmic_Penguin • July 30, 2025, 5:57 a.m.

Changed launch pad.


Cosmic_Penguin • Oct. 6, 2025, 12:17 a.m.

Launch pad assigned.



Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1091

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: August 11, 2025
Last Flight: November 2, 2025
Flights: 3
Landings Attempted: 3
Landings Successful: 3
Previous B1091 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1091 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) after its 3rd flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 2.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 579 Failures: 15 Pending: 121

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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.

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