Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

VEHICLE

Falcon 9 Block 5

PROVIDER

SpaceX

PAD

Space Launch Complex 40

LOCATION

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

NET

2026-10-20 11:04 UTC

WINDOW

2026-10-20 10:30 UTC → 11:30 UTC

ORBIT

Low Earth Orbit

LL2 STATUS

Launch Successful

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.

Official outcome: Launch successful

RocketScan did not analyze this launch before it flew - no call on record.

Scoring rule: a launch that reached flight means the countdown proceeded, so a GO or HOLDING call is right and a SCRUB call is a false alarm. Only the last call made before T-0 counts.

No verdicts were recorded for this launch. RocketScan only calls a countdown when someone opens it in mission control.