SpaceX

Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Tuesday April 22 2025, 00:48:34 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday April 22 2025, 00:43:00 UTC→Tuesday April 22 2025, 01:23:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

All launches

SpaceX

Bandwagon 3 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

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00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Tuesday April 22 2025, 00:48:34 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go93%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1090

active3rd flight

Flights13

Landings13/13100%

Fastest turn22d 15h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-2· 9 km downrange

38d 1h since last flight

Falcon 9 booster.

Previous flights · 13

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go93%LL2 Go95%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud38%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of any lightning flash in the previous 30 minutes (extended for nearby cloud).

METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KCOF 090655Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP174 T027602"

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitLow Earth Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowTuesday April 22 2025, 00:43:00 UTC→Tuesday April 22 2025, 01:23:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1090

active3rd flight

Flights13

Landings13/13100%

Fastest turn22d 15h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-2· 9 km downrange

38d 1h since last flight

Falcon 9 booster.

Previous flights · 13

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskLOW

Go93%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go93%LL2 Go95%Wind2 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud38%Temp26°C

Limiting rule: No flight within 10 nmi of any lightning flash in the previous 30 minutes (extended for nearby cloud).

METAR reports DISTANT lightning (beyond 10 SM, outside the LCC radius): "KCOF 090655Z AUTO 18003KT 10SM CLR 28/26 A3003 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT S SLP174 T027602"