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The next space launch, retrieved from our Launch Library 2 API, is Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare). It is scheduled to be launched by SpaceX from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA at 2026-10-19 10:30:00 UTC. Until then, this pad will have been used for 403 out of 1131 launches from this location. The launch status is currently Go 🟩 . The mission type is Dedicated Rideshare and the payload will be injected into a Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

This launch also carries the second demonstration mission for SpaceX’s Project Starfall, which aims to mass-produce reentry capsules designed to autonomously transport valuable customer experiments and other payloads safely back from space to Earth, including for in-orbit manufacturing.

Starfall is a cylindrical shaped capsule approximately 0.75 meters tall with a diameter of 3.1 meters, weighing approximately 2100 kilograms, and capable of carrying 1000 kilograms of payload. It is designed to be carried on Starship flights.

• [2026-10-19 10:30:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
• [2026-10-19 19:41:03 UTC] 🟩 H3-24 | Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
• [2026-10-20 22:14:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-15 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-21 03:29:00 UTC] 🟩 Ceres-1S | Unknown Payload from Haiyang Oriental Spaceport.
• [2026-10-21 05:00:00 UTC] 🟨 Electron | We're Not Hawking Around (3x HawkEye 360) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand.
• [2026-10-22 02:50:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 8A | Unknown Payload from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-23 10:07:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 6A | Unknown Payload from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-23 19:17:00 UTC] 🟩 Long March 4B | Unknown Payload from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
• [2026-10-24 05:29:00 UTC] 🟩 Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 15-16 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.
• [2026-10-29 00:00:00 UTC] 🟧 Vulcan VC6L | Amazon Leo (LV-01) from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.

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