Bandwagon-3
Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:48:34
Tuesday April 22, 2025
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Mission Details
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Launch Notes
3rd Falcon 9 launch to land a booster on LZ-2, a landing zone typically only used for Falcon Heavy missions with dual side booster returns. Falcon 9's usual landing zone, LZ-1, was used only 16 hours prior in support of CRS SpX-32, resulting in Bandwagon-3 instead using LZ-2.
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.
Low Earth Orbit
3 Payloads
Rocket
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$69.75 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 70m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 22,800 kg
GTO: 8,300 kg
Liftoff Thrust
7,607 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
Landing Zone 2
Launch Site
E
S
Launching
Southeast
Stats
Falcon 9
464th
Mission
46th
Mission of 2025
SpaceX
488th
Mission
48th
Mission of 2025
2025
82nd
Orbital launch attempt