SpaceX is getting ready for its second, mid-inclination rideshare mission, this time launching it from Vandenberg Area Power Base in California.
The mission comes greater than half a 12 months after Bandwagon-1 lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Area Heart in April. This subsequent launch is concentrating on a takeoff from Area Launch Complicated 4 East (SLC-4E) at 3:34 a.m. PST (6:34 a.m. EST, 1134 UTC).
Spaceflight Now can have dwell protection starting about half-hour previous to liftoff.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail quantity B1071 within the SpaceX fleet, will launch for its twenty first time. It beforehand supported the launches of three missions for the Nationwide Reconnaissance Workplace, two Transporter rideshare missions and NASA’s SWOT payload.
A bit greater than eight minutes after liftoff, B1071 will return for a landing at Touchdown Zone 4 (LZ-4). If profitable, it would mark the twenty second booster touchdown at LZ-4 and the 386th booster touchdown up to now.
There are 30 payloads flying onboard the Bandwagon-2 mission, together with satellites for Sidus Area, Maverick Area Methods, Exolaunch and HawkEye 360.
