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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
11:04:00
Tuesday October 20, 2026
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Bandwagon-5 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.
Low Earth Orbit
31 Payloads
Starfall is SpaceX's mass-produced reentry vehicle 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 2,100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1,000 kilogram of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights. This is the second Starfall demonstration mission to be launched.
Manufacturer: SpaceX
Operator: SpaceX
Suborbital
1 Payload
2,100 kilograms


Agency
SpaceXPrice
$74.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2

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Launching
Southeast
698th
Mission
115th
Mission of 2026
731st
Mission
121st
Mission of 2026
245th
Orbital launch attempt