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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 5 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

High visibility
TBD
Countdown

Liftoff
09:00 PM
ADT · Oct 30, 2026
Bearing
259°
West

Mission

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

Target orbit: Low Earth Orbit

How to watch from Bermuda

High visibility — good chance of seeing the second-stage plume from Bermuda.

Face west (258.7758149987145°) and sweep along the trajectory. Start scanning the sky about six minutes after liftoff.

Sweep order (approximate)

  1. 01west-southwest
  2. 02southwest
  3. 03south
  4. 04southeast

You are standing at the amber dot in the middle. The solid cyan arrow is where to aim your eyes — roughly where the rocket will appear highest in the sky. The dotted cyan arc traces the rocket's motion across the sky, with the arrow showing which way it travels.

Lighting note

At night, look for the faint glow of the exhaust plume rather than the rocket itself. Let your eyes adjust for several minutes before liftoff, and avoid looking at phone screens.

Bermuda weather

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Falcon 9 mission profile

Typical stage events

Illustrative timings from published Falcon 9 press kits. Actual events vary by mission profile, payload, and recovery method. Telemetry-accurate per-mission events coming in v1.x.

Bermuda viewing window

Appears above horizon

09:07 PM ADT

T+7:15

Fades (engine cutoff)

09:08 PM ADT

T+8:39

Visible for

~1 min 24 sec

The rocket rises low in the SW, arcs across the sky toward W, and fades in the WNW when engines cut out. Under clear skies and with minimal light pollution, the rocket plume is typically visible as a slow-moving bright star between these times.

Times assume on-time liftoff. Add ~30–90 sec uncertainty for typical per-mission timing variance; launch delays move the whole window.

  1. T+0Liftoff
  2. T+1:12Max-Q (peak aerodynamic pressure)
  3. T+2:25Main engine cutoff (MECO)
  4. T+2:28Stage separation
  5. T+2:36Second-stage ignition
  6. T+3:15Fairing jettison
  7. T+8:39Second engine cutoff (SECO)

Launch details

Vehicle
Falcon 9 Block 5
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, USA
Pad coordinates
28.56194122, -80.57735736
Mission type
Low Earth Orbit
Launch window
09:00 PM → 09:00 PM
Lighting at NET
Night