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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
- SpaceX is set to launch the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
- The launch is scheduled for 8:48 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 and will mark SpaceX's 245th orbital launch from this pad.
- This will be the third launch in SpaceX's rideshare program to mid-inclination orbits, carrying various payloads.
- Payloads include the fourth synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite for the Korea 425 Project constellation for the South Korean military.
- Other payloads onboard include Tomorrow Company Inc.’s Tomorrow-S7 satellite and Atmos Space Cargo’s Phoenix re-entry capsule.
- Atmos Space Cargo's Phoenix 1 mission, the German company's re-entry capsule, aims to collect data on the inflatable heat shield and execute a controlled re-entry.
- The Phoenix 1 spacecraft carries payloads from DLR, IDDK, and Frontier Space, with objectives ranging from radiation detection to biological experiments.
- Atmos Space Cargo received €13.1 million funding to develop the Phoenix 2 spacecraft, aimed at advancing reusable space technology.
- The Bandwagon-3 mission has adapted its trajectory, shifting the re-entry path from Africa to off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean.
- Atmos plans an experimental monitoring approach during re-entry, using air-to-air reconnaissance to secure crucial flight data for future missions.
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