SpaceX sends up various spacecraft in Bandwagon-1 mission – News 13 Orlando

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER SpaceX successfully sent up up a boatload (or rocket load) of various spacecrafts on Sunday evening.

Leaving from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, the Falcon 9 rocket launched the Bandwagon-1 mission at 7:16 p.m. ET, SpaceX stated.

It was an instantaneous launch.

The forecast was good for Sunday nights launch, asthe 45th Weather Squadron gave about a 95% chance of good liftoff conditions.

The Falcon 9 first-stage booster, B1073, has 13 launch missions to its name, not counting the Bandwagon-1 mission.

After the stage separation, the rockets first-stage booster landed at Landing Zone 1.

The Falcon 9 rocket is loaded with 11 spacecraft from various countries and companies.

On board this mission are 11 spacecraft including KOREAs 425Sat, HawkEye 360s Clusters 8 & 9, Tyvak Internationals CENTAURI-6, iQPSs QPS-SAR-7 TSUKUYOMI-II, Capella Spaces Capella-14, and Tata Advanced Systems Limiteds TSAT-1A, SpaceX stated.

Here is what has been found on some of the payload.

HawkEye 360s Clusters 8 & 9: It will help monitor and prevent illegal and unregulated fishing in the Indo-Pacific region, stated the company.

Tyvak Internationals CENTAURI-6: Not much is known about this satellite, but the previous CENTAURI satellites dealt in telecommunications and internet connectivity.

iQPSs QPS-SAR-7 TSUKUYOMI-II: This satellite will emit strong radio waves to produce high-resolution images.

Capella Spaces Capella-14: The Acadia-4 satellite will provide up to 5x more on-orbit imaging time per satellite relative to other commercial SAR providers stated the Capella company.

Not much could be found on the two payloads KOREAs 425Sat and Tata Advanced Systems Limiteds TSAT-1A.

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