| Scheduled for (UTC) | 2025-04-22 00:48 |
|---|---|
| Scheduled for (local) | 2025-04-21, 20:48 (EDT) |
| Launch site | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA |
| Booster | 1090-3 |
| Landing | Landing Zone 2 |
| Payload | Multiple |
| Customers | Multiple |
| Mission success criteria | Successful delivery of payloads to LEO |
Webcasts
| Stream | Link |
|---|---|
| Space Affairs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb7Lv9c4A1A |
| Spaceflight Now | https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceflightNowVideo/streams |
| NASASpaceflight | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLO7_BYDqms |
| The Launch Pad | https://www.youtube.com/@TheLaunchPad/streams |
| SpaceX | https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1914477027719307446 |
| The Space Devs | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4DZrRbAUPA |
Stats
Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:
☑️ 21st launch from SLC-40 this year
☑️ 7 days, 20:47:50 turnaround for this pad
☑️ 12th landing on LZ-2
☑️ 440th Falcon family booster landing, 451st Falcon recovery attempt
☑️ 46th Falcon 9 launch this year, 464th overall
☑️ 46th SpaceX mission this year, 480th overall (excluding Starship flight tests)
☑️ 48th SpaceX launch this year, 498th overall (including Starship flight tests)
Mission info
Bandwagon-3
Bandwagon-3 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.
Looks like we’ll get a rare Falcon 9 landing at LZ-2. Usually that pad is used only for simultaneous Falcon Heavy side booster landings, but with Bandwagon-3 launching so soon after CRS SpX-32, I guess LZ-1 will still occupied by B1092 at the time B1090 returns to land.