SPACE VIEW PARK, TITUSVILLE, FL – Under clear overnight skies SpaceX put on a spectacular sky show with the launch of the Bandwagon-4 rideshare mission and RTLS landing Sunday Nov. 4 under virtually pristine skies
Liftoff of Bandwagon-4 on a reused SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took place just past midnight at 1:09:59 a.m. EDT (0509:59 UTC) on 2 Nov. 2025 from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
We watched along with dozens and dozens of spectators from Space View Park, Titusville.
Bandwagon-4 was the fourth multi-customer flight to a mid-inclination orbit
It also counts as the 18th mission as part of SpaceX’s small sat ride share program, which also includes the Transporter series, going to higher inclinations.
On board this mission were 18 payloads for KOREA ADD, Exolaunch, Fergani, Tomorrow Companies Inc., Starcloud, and Vast.
This was the 3rd launch of Falcon 9 1st stage B1091.3
It previously launched KF-02 and KF-03 for Amazon Project Kuiper.
Following stage separation, the first stage touched down safely on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station – about 8.5 minutes after liftoff
This may have been the final LZ-2 touchdown since SpaceX is building new landing pads at pad 40 – as directed and stipulated by the US Space Force to open up pad 13 to other launch providers.
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