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space1 year ago

"SpaceX's Historic Mid-Inclination Rideshare Mission Launch"

SpaceX successfully launched its first dedicated rideshare mission, Bandwagon-1, delivering 11 commercial and military satellites into mid-inclination orbits. This new series of missions is intended to complement SpaceX’s existing Transporter missions and offers improved coverage over low and mid latitudes compared to sun-synchronous orbits. The launch marks the beginning of a new line of dedicated rideshare missions, with strong interest from customers for both Transporter and Bandwagon missions.

via SpaceNews|
#falcon-9#mid-inclination-orbit#rideshare-mission
space1 year ago

"SpaceX Successfully Launches 11 Satellites, Including South Korean Payload, on Bandwagon-1 Rideshare Mission"

SpaceX successfully launched 11 satellites, including South Korea's Project 425 SAR synthetic aperture radar satellite, on its first Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 rocket's first stage also landed vertically at SpaceX's Landing Zone 1, marking its 14th successful landing. This mission is part of SpaceX's new Bandwagon program, which aims to provide rideshare opportunities for small satellites.

via Space.com|
#bandwagon-1#kennedy-space-center#rideshare-mission
space-exploration1 year ago

"SpaceX's Inaugural Bandwagon Rideshare Mission Set for Launch"

SpaceX is set to launch the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission carrying 11 spacecraft for six customers, including a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for South Korea, to a 45.4 degree inclination orbit. The Falcon 9 booster used for this flight is B1073-14, and the mission will mark the 35th Falcon mission of the year for SpaceX. The Bandwagon-1 mission will provide another option for customers wanting to launch small satellites to a mid-inclination orbit, and it is the first of four Bandwagon flights shown so far.

via NASASpaceflight.com|
#bandwagon-1#mid-inclination-orbit#rideshare-mission
space2 years ago

SpaceX's Rideshare Mission: Missing Satellites Raise Concerns

Three satellites from SpaceX's Transporter-9 mission, launched on November 11, have failed to deploy and their current location is unknown. Momentus, the in-space transportation company that supported the launch, confirmed the successful deployment of two satellites but stated that the remaining three likely failed to be released. The lost satellites include an Earth observation satellite for Poland's SatRev, another Earth observation satellite for South Korea's CONTECv, and a communication prototype satellite for Tucson startup Lunasonde. Lunasonde is now attempting to locate and communicate with its lost satellite, while Momentus is investigating the deployment failure.

via Gizmodo|
#lost-satellites#momentus#rideshare-mission
space2 years ago

"SpaceX's Record-Breaking Falcon 9 Mission: Over a Hundred Payloads Launched"

SpaceX successfully launched its Transporter-9 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, deploying 113 payloads, including 36 SuperDove satellites from Planet Labs PBC. The mission also included a technology demonstration satellite and payloads from other companies. This launch marks SpaceX's fourth smallsat rideshare mission of 2023 and comes after recent Starlink and cargo resupply missions. The Falcon 9 booster returned for a landing at Vandenberg.

via Spaceflight Now|
#earth-observation#falcon-9#payloads
space2 years ago

NASA Chooses SpaceX for Small Satellite Mission Launch

NASA has chosen SpaceX to launch the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS), a pair of smallsats designed to study space weather and the magnetosphere. The launch is scheduled for no earlier than April 2025 and will be part of a rideshare mission. TRACERS will be the primary payload on a Falcon 9 rocket, and once in sun-synchronous orbit, the spacecraft will investigate magnetic reconnection between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. The mission is led by the University of Iowa and the spacecraft are being built by Millennium Space Systems.

via SpaceNews|
#nasa#rideshare-mission#smallsat