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Falcon 9 launches Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Cape Canaveral SFS
SpaceX's Falcon 9 Block 5 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on 20 Oct 2026 11:04:00 UTC. The flight succeeded.
The flight
The window opened at 10:30 UTC and ran 60 minutes. Liftoff came 34 minutes into it.
The first stage, B1085, was making its 19th flight.
It landed on A Shortfall of Gravitas, 600 km downrange.
The payload was bound for Low Earth Orbit.
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.
Payload description as recorded by Launch Library 2.
By the numbers
SpaceX has now flown 740 launches in total. Its run of consecutive successful launches stands at 225.
It was the 404th launch from Space Launch Complex 40.
| Liftoff | 20 Oct 2026 11:04:00 UTC |
|---|---|
| Outcome | Launch Successful |
| Vehicle | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Provider | SpaceX |
| Pad | Space Launch Complex 40 |
| Target orbit | Low Earth Orbit |
| First stage | B1085 (flight 19) |
| Recovery | Landed — A Shortfall of Gravitas |
Written by Everything Space from Launch Library 2’s record of this flight — every figure above comes from that record. Fetched Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:37:26 GMT.