SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Launched
December 21, 2024 · 11:34 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on December 21, 2024 at 11:34 UTC. It was SpaceX's 445th launch, 134th this year and humanity's 6,841st orbital launch attempt. It was the 357th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 128th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 21st time and landed at Landing Zone 4. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). The tracked orbit of ADD-425-3, one of 28 catalogued objects, from January 10, 2025, was 573 × 581 km inclined 45.4°. 28 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 21 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 4 · landed35/35 landed here · 33 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 9-12
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 357th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 128th this yearSpaceX's 445th launch134th this yearhumanity's 6,841st orbital launch attempt252nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
ADD-425-3 · NORAD 62377 · 2024-247 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 28 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-247A
- Epoch
- 2025-01-10 09:19:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.99125571 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0006077
- Inclination
- 45.4092°
- Ascending node
- 257.6753°
- Arg. of perigee
- 189.4026°
- Mean anomaly
- 170.6739°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 313
- B*
- 0.0005458
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M15SMECO
- T+2M18SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M22SStage 1 Flip
- T+2M26SSES-1
- T+2M31SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M6SFairing Separation
- T+3M21SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M32SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M52SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M49SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+8M15SStage 1 Landing
Catalogued objects
28 catalogued: 28 payloads; 25 still in orbit
- ADD-425-3 · NORAD 62377 · in orbit
- TANSTAAFL-002 · NORAD 62378 · in orbit
- Hawk 11B · NORAD 62379 · in orbit
- Hawk 11C · NORAD 62381 · in orbit
- Hawk 11A · NORAD 62382 · in orbit
- LizzieSat-2 · NORAD 62383 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X49 · NORAD 62384 · in orbit
- Tomorrow-S4 · NORAD 62386 · in orbit
- GITAI SC1 · NORAD 62388 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X47 · NORAD 62389 · in orbit
- LasarSat-1 · NORAD 62391 · in orbit
- Tomorrow-S3 · NORAD 62392 · in orbit
Show 16 more payloads
- CroCube · NORAD 62394 · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-9 · NORAD 62395 · in orbit
- XCUBE-1 · NORAD 62400 · in orbit
- CTC-0 · NORAD 62401 · in orbit
- Djibouti-1B · NORAD 62402 · in orbit
- Think Orbital F2 · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-11 · in orbit
- Pleiades-Orpheus · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-3 · re-entered June 17, 2026
- ONDOSAT-OWL-5 · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-6 · re-entered April 1, 2026
- ONDOSAT-OWL-7 · re-entered March 14, 2026
- ONDOSAT-OWL-8 · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-12 · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-10 · in orbit
- ONDOSAT-OWL-4 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 3.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
173rd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 45th this year · 785th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Dec 21, 3:34 AM PST, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
3 days 22 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/21/2024 · source
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 12/21/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2024 · source
Delayed to December 21.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/19/2024 · source
NET December 20.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/13/2024 · source
NET December 29 (launch site switch is per https://twitter.com/hawkeye360/status/1859244042296385871).
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/27/2024 · source
Adding launch
Nosu · 8/16/2023 · source
Questions
When did Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) launch?
Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) launched on December 21, 2024 at 11:34 UTC.
Where can I watch Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)?
Coverage: SpaceX Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare); SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Bandwagon-2 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - December 21, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 30 payloads on the Bandwagon 2 mission from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Dec 21, 3:34 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 21st time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
What orbit did Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of ADD-425-3, one of 28 catalogued objects, from January 10, 2025, was 573 × 581 km inclined 45.4°.
How many satellites did Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) launch?
28 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 25 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).