SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Bandwagon-4 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - November 2, 2025

Описание: Launch Date: November 2, 2025
Launch Time: 1:09 a.m. EDT (5:09 UTC, 6:09 CET)
Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Targeted Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Inclination: Southeast
Landing: Landing Zone-2 (LZ-2 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station)
Launch Status: All payloads have been deployed, booster landed at LZ-2 of the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Mission: Starlink Group Bandwagon-4
Launch Provider: SpaceX
Launcher System: Falcon 9 (Booster B1091 - Turnaround time 19 days)
Flight for the Booster: 3
Previous Flights of the Booster: 2 - KF-02 and KF-03

Price: $69,75 million (without payload)
Diameter: 3,7 m
Height: 70 meters
Payload to Orbit: 22,800 LEO / 8,300 GTO
Lift-Off Thrust: 7,607 kilonewtons
Fairing: Diameter 5,2 meters / Height 13 meters
Stages: 2

SpaceX is targeting November 2 at 1:09 a.m. EDT (0509 UTC, 06:09 CET) for a Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-4 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity later that night at 11:44 p.m. EST.

There are 18 payloads on board this mission for KOREA ADD, Exolaunch, Fergani, Tomorrow Companies Inc., Starcloud, and Vast.

This will be the third flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched KF-02 and KF-03. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Bandwagon rideshare missions are dedicated missions 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, starting at $300,000 per mission and including up to 50kg of payload mass.

You will find more information about the trajectory and data on the day of the launch here: https://flightclub.io/live

Countdown
Hr/Min/Sec Event
00:38:00 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
00:35:00 RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading begins
00:35:00 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading begins
00:16:00 2nd stage LOX loading begins
00:07:00 Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch
00:01:00 Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks
00:01:00 Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins
00:00:45 SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
00:00:03 Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
00:00:00 Falcon 9 liftoff

Launch, Landing, and Deployment
All Times Approximate
Hr/Min/Sec Event
00:01:12 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:14 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:18 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:22 Stage 1 flip
00:02:26 2nd stage engine starts (SES-1)
00:02:31 Boostback burn starts
00:02:41 Fairing separation
00:03:13 Boostback burn ends
00:06:09 1st stage entry burn begins
00:06:31 1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:18 1st stage landing burn begins
00:07:46 1st stage landing
00:09:38 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
00:12:14 425 Korea deploys, manifested by Agency for Defense Development (ADD)
00:37:51 2nd stage engine starts (SES-2)
00:37:52 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
00:59:30 2nd stage engine starts (SES-3)
00:59:31 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-3)
01:09:02 TAURUS 1-4 deploy, manifested by Exolaunch
01:09:15 SEMI-2 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:09:27 SEMI-3 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:09:30 CEVROSAT-1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:10:13 LEMUR-2-AFFIE-WAUWIE deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:10:16 Haven demo deploys, manifested by Vast
01:10:40 Tomorrow-S8 deploys, manifested by Tomorrow Companies Inc.
01:10:59 SEMI-1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:11:15 ICEYE 2 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:11:37 Tomorrow-S9 deploys, manifested by Tomorrow Companies Inc.
01:12:20 ICEYE 1 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch
01:12:33 FGN-100-d2 deploys, manifested by Fergani
01:13:38 Starcloud-1 deploys, manifested by Starcloud
01:13:43 ICEYE 3 deploys, manifested by Exolaunch