Falcon 9 Launched "Bandwagon-2" From Vandenberg Early Saturday Morning
Saturday December 21, 2024
(Launch file photo courtesy SpaceX)
Updated--SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County early Saturday morning.
Liftoff was at 3:34 AM.
The Bandwagon-2 payload involved 30 small and very small satellites representing a variety of missions by several companies and organizations.
The 30 payloads on board are for KOREA ADD, Arrow Science and Technology, Exolaunch, HawkEye 360, Maverick Space Systems, Sidus Space, Tomorrow Companies Inc., True Anomaly, and Think Orbital.
This was the 21st flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched NROL-87, NROL-85, SARah-1, SWOT, Transporter-8, Transporter-9, NROL-146, and 13 Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage was returned to earth via controlled reentry and it touched down on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base about eight minutes after launch.
