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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched 30 satellites on Saturday for the second dedicated rideshare mission to a medium-inclination orbit.
The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:34 a.m. local time on the Bandwagon-2 mission, according to Space news. The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed at the launch site eight minutes and 15 seconds after liftoff, just as the second stage finished operating.
The largest of the Bandwagon-2 mission’s 30 payloads was the third “Project 425” reconnaissance satellite for the South Korean military, the outlet reported. The first satellite of this type was launched on a Falcon 9 a year ago and the second on a Bandwagon-1 mission in April.
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SpaceX launched 30 satellites for the second dedicated rideshare mission to a medium-inclination orbit. (SpaceX/FOXBusiness)
The other customers at the launch included a HawkEye 360, which deployed three satellites called Cluster 11 for radio frequency intelligence. The company said the satellites feature advanced payloads to obtain data and transmitters to transmit it to ground stations.
Another customer is the Finnish company Iceye, which launched two synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites on Bandwagon-2 that are capable of reproducing radar images with a resolution of 25 centimeters.
A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:34 a.m. local time on the Bandwagon-2 mission. (SpaceX/FOXBusiness)
Other companies with spacecraft on Bandwagon-2 include Sidus Space, Tomorrow.io, True Anomaly and Think Orbital.
SpaceX announced the Bandwagon line of rideshare missions last year to complement its Transporter series of dedicated rideshare missions to sun-synchronous orbits.
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The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed at the launch site eight minutes and 15 seconds after liftoff. (SpaceX/FOXBusiness)
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The company said it offered medium-inclination missions because they were the most commonly requested orbits after solar sync. The company said it would carry out two Bandwagon missions this year and two additional ones next year.
