# SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 with Bandwagon-5

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Launch Window: October 20th 06:30-07:30 EDT (10:30-11:30 UTC) Current T0: October 20th at 06:30 EDT (10:30 UTC)

Mission: Falcon 9 launch of Bandwagon-5 as part of SpaceX's Smallsat Rideshare Program Launch location: Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Earth. Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), 45º inclination Booster: B1085-19; 68d 17h 31min 34s turnaround Past customer missions: Crew-9, GPS-III SV07, Hakuto-R M2 and Blue Ghost M1, Fram2, SXM-10, MTG-S1, Echostar XXV, SXM-11. Past Starlink missions: 10-5, 6-77, 6-93, 10-20, 10-27, 6-94, 6-98, 10-58, 10-53, 10-19. Satellites launched: 283, will be 315 after this mission Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG) Fairing recovery: Bob Rocket trajectory: Southeast passing north of Bahamas Payload mass: Unknown, but likely around 10 tonnes Stats: - SpaceX's 730th launch overall. - SpaceX's 121st launch of the year. - SpaceX's 8th launch of the month. - Earth's 244th orbital launch of the year. - Falcon's 347th launch since the last failure. - Falcon 9's 696th orbital flight. - SpaceX's 348th launch from SLC-40. - 169th landing on ASOG out of 170 attempts. - 554th landing of a Falcon booster on a droneship out of 565 attempts. - 673rd overall landing of a Falcon booster out of 685 attempts. - 332nd successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one. - SpaceX's 23rd launch dedicated to its Smallsat Rideshare Program

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