SpaceX launched the Bandwagon-4 mission aboard Falcon 9 this morning in a beautiful launch that flew into mostly cloudy skies. Liftoff was at the first 01:09:59 AM of the night; daylight savings time ended less than an hour after the launch and it was 1am all over again.
At the Booster B1091 put on an incredible display after staging as it turned to return to Landing Zone 2 at Cape Canaveral. Shortly after touching down at the T+07:46 mark, a familiar pair of sonic booms washed over the Space Coast, heralding the return of the booster while Stage 2 continued on to orbit. It and the payload of some eighteen assorted satellites achieved that orbit at T+09:38 after liftoff.
Orbit is estimated to be ~510 × 510 km (± 20 km), at a 45º ±1º mid-inclination Low Earth Orbit.
At 1:28 AM EST, SpaceX confirmed the deployment of all payloads, indicating another successful mission for the company. This was SpaceX’s 585th mission overall, its 145th mission of 2025 and the 558th Falcon 9 mission to date.
Payloads
| Payload Name | Operator/Customer | Description | Integrator |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOREA ADD (Satellite 1) | Agency for Defense Development (ADD), South Korea | Reconnaissance satellite | KOREA ADD |
| KOREA ADD (Satellite 2) | Agency for Defense Development (ADD), South Korea | Reconnaissance satellite | KOREA ADD |
| Starcloud-1 | Starcloud (part of Vast) | AI satellite testing on-orbit AI capabilities with NVIDIA H100 GPU | Starcloud/Vast |
| Lumen-1 | Vast | Technology demonstration satellite for in-orbit data center operations and edge computing capabilities | Vast |
| Tomorrow-R3 | Tomorrow Companies Inc. (Tomorrow.io) | Weather radar satellite for Earth observation and weather forecasting | Tomorrow Companies Inc. |
| Tomorrow-R4 | Tomorrow Companies Inc. (Tomorrow.io) | Weather radar satellite for Earth observation and weather forecasting | Tomorrow Companies Inc. |
| Orbit Guard #2 | EPIC Aerospace | Technology demonstration satellite for in-orbit inspection/servicing (via CHIMERA OTV) | Exolaunch |
| Fergani-DEMO 1 | Fergani | Technology demonstration satellite | Fergani |
| TAURUS 1 | Türkiye | Picosatellite for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and technology validation | Exolaunch |
| TAURUS 2 | Türkiye | Picosatellite for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and technology validation | Exolaunch |
| TAURUS 3 | Türkiye | Picosatellite for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and technology validation | Exolaunch |
| TAURUS 4 | Türkiye | Picosatellite for Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and technology validation | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 1 | Exolaunch Customer (Argentina) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 2 | Exolaunch Customer (Czechia) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 3 | Exolaunch Customer (Finland) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 4 | Exolaunch Customer (Netherlands) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 5 | Exolaunch Customer (United States) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 6 | Exolaunch Customer (International) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
| Unnamed Payload 7 | Exolaunch Customer (International) | Earth observation, IoT, or science/technology demonstration CubeSat | Exolaunch |
Links are included only where publicly available official pages exist; unnamed Exolaunch customers currently have no public payload pages.
Launch Replay
Next Launch
| Organization | United Launch Alliance |
| Location | Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA |
| Rocket | Atlas V 551 |
| Pad | Space Launch Complex 41 |
| Status | Go for Launch |
| Status Info | Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources. |
| Window Opens | Wednesday, 11 / 05 / 2025 10:24 PM |
| Window Closes | Wednesday, 11 / 05 / 2025 11:08 PM |
| Destination | Geostationary Transfer Orbit |
| Mission Description | The ViaSat-3 is a series of three Ka-band satellites expected to deliver >1 Tbps of network capacity with flexible, dynamically directed service to where customers are located. |
As of 4:58 PM Sunday November 2, 2025. Launch assignments and times are subject to change or cancellation at any time. Consult ULA for updates.
Author: Charles Boyer
NASA kid from Cocoa Beach, FL, born of Project Apollo parents and family. I’m a writer and photographer sharing the story of spaceflight from the Eastern Range here in Florida.
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