Vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5Credit: SpaceX · Launch Library 2
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.
- Target orbit
- LEO · Low Earth Orbit
- Mission type
- Dedicated Rideshare
- Payload
- Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
- Agencies
- SpaceX
Mission Update
Launch success.
