SpaceX is preparing for its second, mid-inclination rideshare mission, this time launching it from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
The mission comes more than half a year after Bandwagon-1 lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in April. This next launch is targeting a takeoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at 3:34 a.m. PST (6:34 a.m. EST, 1134 UTC).
Spaceflight Now will have live coverage beginning about 30 minutes prior to liftoff.
The Falcon 9 first stage booster supporting this mission, tail number B1071 in the SpaceX fleet, will launch for its 21st time. It previously supported the launches of three missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, two Transporter rideshare missions and NASA’s SWOT payload.
A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, B1071 will return for a touchdown at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4). If successful, it will mark the 22nd booster landing at LZ-4 and the 386th booster landing to date.
There are 30 payloads flying onboard the Bandwagon-2 mission, including satellites for Sidus Space, Maverick Space Systems, Exolaunch and HawkEye 360.
