SpaceX launched the first in a new series of rideshare missions “Bandwagon-1”.

Science and Technology

SpaceX launched the first in a new series of rideshare missions “Bandwagon-1”. The 11 satellites rode onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Like the “Transporter” rideshare flights, the Falcon 9 rocket for the Bandwagon-1 mission launched with a batch of satellites, which were deployed over a period of time. However, SpaceX did not disclose the timing of the deployments as it typically does with Transporter missions.


      The first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1073 in the SpaceX fleet, launched for a 14th time on this mission.

      This was the 40th landing at LZ-1 and the 294th booster landing to date.

     

 

     


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