Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Falcon 9 Block 5 is scheduled to launch the Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) mission for SpaceX from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, no earlier than Oct 19, 2026 (UTC).
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Launched Oct 19, 2026 7:30:00 PMGo
Flight direction
90° E
orbit unknown: due east assumed
Flight path
First-stage drop zone (rough estimate)
Drawn 400–700 km downrange along the flight direction. Official hazard areas are published as NOTAMs and navigational warnings.
Can I see it from my city?
Twilight launch: the exhaust plume high up can catch the sunlight and glow like a jellyfish, visible from very far away.
- Orlandoonly 78 km away: look east; it climbs high into the sky
- Tampaabout 196 km away: look east, low on the horizon
- Jacksonvilleabout 223 km away: look southeast, low on the horizon
- St. Petersburg, Floridaabout 224 km away: look northeast, low on the horizon
- Miamiabout 314 km away: look north, low on the horizon
- Savannahabout 395 km away: look south, low on the horizon
- Tallahasseeabout 415 km away: look southeast, low on the horizon
- Charleston, South Carolinaabout 473 km away: look south, low on the horizon
Rough guide: clouds, the horizon and the rocket's path decide in the end.
About the mission
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. This launch also carries the second demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules 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 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.
Mission description from Launch Library 2.
- Launch time (your time zone)
- Mon, Oct 19 · 7:30:00 PM · in 17 h 25 min
- Status
- Go
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Dedicated Rideshare
- Target orbit
- LEO
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40 · Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA