SpaceX F9 : Bandwagon 1 Rideshare : KSC LC-39A : 7 April 2024 (23:16 UTC)

[gongora]

I don't see where Sidus ever filed with the FCC to change the orbits from SSO, their license hasn't been granted, and they've only filed experimental permits for the first sat.

[Ken the Bin]

NGA Rocket Launching notice.

020847Z APR 24
NAVAREA IV 386/24(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA..
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING 
   072302Z TO 080001Z APR, ALTERNATE 
   082301Z TO 090001Z, 092302Z TO 100001Z, 
   102302Z TO 110001Z, 112301Z TO 120001Z, 
   122302Z TO 130001Z AND 132302Z TO 140001Z APR
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-38.41N 080-37.27W, 28-47.00N 080-22.00W,
      28-48.00N 080-10.00W, 28-39.00N 080-08.00W,
      28-27.00N 080-27.00W, 28-27.00N 080-31.80W.
   B. 30-27.00N 078-12.00W, 31-43.00N 076-53.00W,
      31-51.00N 076-04.00W, 31-20.00N 076-08.00W,
      30-21.00N 078-04.00W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140101Z APR 24.//

[OneSpeed]

NGA Rocket Launching notice.

Map from the NGA notice. Fairing halves / failed boostback burn splashdowns some 490km downrange.

EDIT:

An NGA Space Debris notice that I think is for this launch ...

Extrapolating to the southernmost latitude, the orbital inclination is about 46.2°, which is not far from the expected 45.4° inclination.

[Ken the Bin]

An NGA Space Debris notice that I think is for this launch ...

030521Z APR 24
HYDROPAC 1059/24(61,75).
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   080001Z TO 141200Z APR 
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   40-52.00S 089-52.00E, 42-42.00S 089-04.00E,
   45-09.00S 099-26.00E, 43-20.00S 100-15.00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141300Z APR 24.//

... which was immediately canceled-and-replaced by this new notice.

030535Z APR 24
HYDROPAC 1060/24(61,75).
SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
DNC 03.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, SPACE DEBRIS
   0127Z TO 0219Z DAILY 08 THRU 14 APR
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   40-52.00S 089-52.00E, 42-42.00S 089-04.00E,
   45-09.00S 099-26.00E, 43-20.00S 100-15.00E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1059/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140319Z APR 24.//

[Ken the Bin]

And now there's a cancel-and-replace for the NGA Rocket Launching notice.

My guess is that the changes to the hazard period do not reflect a change to the launch time, but rather reduce the amount of time between the start of the hazard period and the launch time.

031429Z APR 24
NAVAREA IV 389/24(11,26).
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
FLORIDA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS, ROCKET LAUNCHING
   072312Z TO 072350Z APR, ALTERNATE
   2311Z TO 2350Z DAILY 08 THRU 13 APR
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 28-38.41N 080-37.27W, 28-47.00N 080-22.00W,
      28-48.00N 080-10.00W, 28-39.00N 080-08.00W,
      28-27.00N 080-27.00W, 28-27.00N 080-31.80W.
   B. 30-27.00N 078-12.00W, 31-43.00N 076-53.00W,
      31-51.00N 076-04.00W, 31-20.00N 076-08.00W,
      30-21.00N 078-04.00W.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 386/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140050Z APR 24.

[Martin_G]

https://www.fly.faa.gov/adv/adv_spt.jsp:

SPACE X BANDWAGON 1, KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL
PRIMARY:   04/07/24   2312Z-2350Z
BACKUP(S):   04/08-04/13   2312Z-2350Z

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/1776368299993153865

SpaceX
@SpaceX
Targeting Sunday, April 7 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-1 mission from Launch Complex 39A in Florida → http://spacex.com/launches

https://twitter.com/JennyHPhoto/status/1776370216861114706

[GewoonLukas_]

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, April 7 at 7:16 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-1 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Monday, April 8 at the same time.

A live webcast of this mission will begin on X @SpaceX about 10 minutes prior to liftoff. Watch live.

On board this mission are 11 spacecraft including KOREA's 425Sat, HawkEye 360’s Clusters 8 & 9, Tyvak International’s CENTAURI-6, iQPS’s QPS-SAR-7 TSUKUYOMI-II, Capella Space’s Capella-14, and Tata Advanced Systems Limited’s TSAT-1A.

This will be the 14th flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched SES-22, ispace's HAKUTO-R MISSION 1, Amazonas-6, CRS-27, and nine Starlink missions. (=B1073-14) Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=bandwagon-1

https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1eaKbgmADRqGX

No deployment timeline listed due to the classified nature of the 425 Project SAR satellite

[Steven Pietrobon]

PDF of online press kit.

[Ken the Bin]

L-1 weather forecast. >95% 'Go' for both April 7 and April 8. All Additional Risk Criteria are Low.

[FutureSpaceTourist]

[FutureSpaceTourist]

https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1777069225045107184

SpaceX is set to launch the Bandwagon-1 rideshare mission from 39A at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 7:16 PM EDT (23:16 UTC).

Overview by Danny Lentz:

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/04/bandwagon-1/

[HVM]

Watermark? (Ooh just overlay error)

[abaddon]

Beautiful booster tracking from the NSF webcast.  Great job Julia!

[Galactic Penguin SST]

[rocketenthusiast]

Does anyone know if this was a normal or a stubby nozzle?!

[catdlr]

Summary Video

[Jim]

Summary Video

Video demonstrates that entry burn is targeted offshore and the vehicle then "flies" towards the landing zone after the burn.

[catdlr]

https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1777132889424937277

Jonathan McDowell
@planet4589
The @SpaceX Bandwagon-1 should now have deployed its payloads in a 590 km, 45 deg orbit
5:34 PM · Apr 7, 2024

[JAFO]

Falcon 9 from the Air Boss Tower at the Sun n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, FL. https://flysnf.org/


In image 1/2 you can barely make out the bright light of the plume, we could easily see it and the reentry burn even though it barely came out in my phone pics.

If you look close in 4 you can see four of the Ghost Squadron's L-39s taxiing out for a practice just after launch, along with the Falcon's contrail just to the left of the center person's hat.