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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Bandwagon-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - December 21, 2024

Launch Date: December 21, 2024 Launch Time: 3:34 a.m. PT, 1134 UTC, 12:34 CET Launch Window: open til 4:07 a.m. PT Launch Site: SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA Targeted Orbit: Lo...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 30 payloads on the Bandwagon 2 mission from California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket on the Bandwagon 2 rideshare mission, carrying 30 small payloads. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Saturday,...

Bandwagon-2 Mission

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Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1071 - Landing Zone 4

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.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 19, 2024, 11:59 a.m.

Delayed to December 21.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 20, 2024, 1:18 a.m.

GO for launch.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 20, 2024, 8:29 a.m.

Tweaked T-0.


LL2 • Dec. 21, 2024, 11:18 a.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m.

Liftoff.


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
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  • 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


B1071

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: February 2, 2022
Last Flight: January 10, 2025
Flights: 22
Landings Attempted: 22
Landings Successful: 22
Previous B1071 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 booster B1071 has returned to the launch site at LZ-4 after its 21st flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.

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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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