Lift Off Time |
April 07, 2024 – 23:16 UTC April 07, 2024 – 19:16 EDT |
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Mission Name |
Bandwagon-1 |
Launch Provider
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SpaceX |
Customer
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South Korean DAPA & others |
Rocket |
B1073-14; 33.97-day turnaround |
Launch Location |
Launch Complex 39A, (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA |
Payload mass |
~1,300 kg (2,870 lb) |
Where are the satellites going? |
Low-Earth Orbit |
Where will the first stage land? |
The booster will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) |
Will they be attempting to recover the fairings? |
The fairing halves will be recovered from the water by Doug |
Are these fairings new? |
The fairings are likely flight-proven |
How’s the weather looking? |
The weather is currently >95% go for launch |
This will be the: |
– 321st Falcon 9 mission – 250th Falcon 9 flight with a flight-proven booster – 264th reflight of a booster – 33rd reflight of a booster in 2024 – 294th booster landing – 220th consecutive landing (a record) – 36th launch for SpaceX in 2024 – 80th SpaceX launch from LC-39A – 67th orbital launch attempt of 2024 |
Where to watch |
Official Livestream |
What Does All This Mean?
SpaceX is set to launch its first Bandwagon mission — part of SpaceX’s rideshare program that targets roughly 45-degree orbits as opposed to the polar low-Earth orbits of the transporter missions. This mission will launch 11 payloads into orbit, including a classified synthetic aperture radar satellite for the South Korean government, from Launch Complex 39A, at the Kennedy Space Center, in Florida. Following launch, the first stage will attempt landing on SpacceX’s Landing Zone 1.
How Did It Go?
This launch was fully successful; the payload was deployed into the correct orbit and the booster successfully landed.
