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

Tue 20 Oct, 11:04 UTC

Launch probability: 95%

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.

Mission type: Dedicated Rideshare · Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Rocket: Falcon 9 · Provider: SpaceX

Timeline

Times are relative to liftoff (T 0:00) and follow the current launch time.

38 minutes before liftoff: GO for Prop Load Launch director verifies go for propellant load
35 minutes before liftoff: Prop Load Start of propelland loading
35 minutes before liftoff: Stage 1 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
16 minutes before liftoff: Stage 2 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
7 minutes before liftoff: Engine Chill Start of engine chilling
1 minute before liftoff: Startup The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
1 minute before liftoff: Tank Press Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
45 seconds before liftoff: GO for Launch Launch director verifies go for launch
3 seconds before liftoff: Ignition Start of the engine ignition sequence
at liftoff: Liftoff First upwards movement of the rocket
1 minute 9 seconds after liftoff: Max-Q Maximum dynamic pressure
2 minutes 26 seconds after liftoff: MECO Cut-off of the main engine
2 minutes 29 seconds after liftoff: Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first
2 minutes 37 seconds after liftoff: SES-1 First start of the second engine
3 minutes after liftoff: Fairing Separation Separation of the payload fairing
6 minutes 36 seconds after liftoff: Entry Burn Startup Start of the atmospheric entry burn
7 minutes 3 seconds after liftoff: Entry Burn Shutdown End of the atmospheric entry burn
8 minutes 17 seconds after liftoff: SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine
8 minutes 33 seconds after liftoff: Stage 1 Landing Burn Start of the first stage landing burn
8 minutes 58 seconds after liftoff: Stage 1 Landing Landing of the first stage
53 minutes 48 seconds after liftoff: SES-2 Second start of the second engine
53 minutes 52 seconds after liftoff: SECO-2 Second cut-off of the second engine
57 minutes 18 seconds after liftoff: Payload Deployment Sequence Start Start of the payload deployment sequence
1 hour 9 minutes 30 seconds after liftoff: Payload Deployment Sequence End End of the payload deployment sequence.
2 hours 48 minutes 28 seconds after liftoff: Payload Separation Final deployment of the payload from the rocket