Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 · 11:04 AM GMT+0000
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Mission details
- Mission
- Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
This launch also carries the second demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing.
Starfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.