Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Go for launchFalcon 9 Block 5SpaceXLEODedicated rideshare
Planned (NET)
19 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC
Minute precision
Countdown
tomorrow
as of 18 Oct 2026
Slip vs first seen
No slip
tracking since 14 Oct 2026
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.— Launch Library 2 mission description
Notes: Launch imminent; manifest presumed closed (inferred).
Fields, sources and dates
| Field | Value | Source · as of |
|---|---|---|
| Mission | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Type | Dedicated rideshare | Our classification from the source description (see methodology) |
| Launch vehicle | Falcon 9 Block 5 | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Launch provider | SpaceX | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Brokers / integrators named | unknown (none named in sources) | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Orbit | LEO | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Orbit detail | unknown | — |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Space Launch Complex 40 | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Planned date (NET) | 19 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC (Minute precision) | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Status | Go for Launch | Launch Library 2 verified 18 Oct 2026, 06:47 PT |
| Accepting payloads? | no (inferred: launch imminent) | — |
| Capacity remaining | unknown | — |
| Booking lead time | unknown | — |
| How to book | SpaceX direct (rideshare.spacex.com) or via a deployer/broker | Derived from provider/broker named in sources |
| Published price | SpaceX list rate $7,000/kg (2026 launches), $7,500/kg (2027 launches); billed from 50 kg. Direct SpaceX booking; broker/deployer slots priced on request. Secondary source — not verified directly on spacex.com. | NewSpace Market price index (cites spacex.com, as of Aug 2026) retrieved 14 Oct 2026 |
Slip history
Current slip vs first seen: no change since 14 Oct 2026. Tracking began 14 Oct 2026, 21:05 PT; changes before that are not recorded.
| Recorded | Event | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Oct 2026, 21:05 PT | First seen (baseline) | 19 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Go for Launch | LL2 |
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Sources
- Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs) record · retrieved 2026-10-14
- SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare Program (plate configs, ~every 4 months SSO) · retrieved 2026-10-14