SpaceX
@SpaceXOct 17
Teams encapsulated 32 payloads ahead of Falcon 9’s launch of the Bandwagon-5 rideshare mission from Florida → spacex.com/launches/bandwago…

Oct 17, 2026 · 3:39 PM UTC

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Damn, I have no idea what that is, but it’s gorgeous. 🇺🇸
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four distilled palettes!
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Looks like Starfall is tagging along on this one.
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I still think we need to standardize space cargo like we did sea going cargo. The invention of the shipping containers was a boon. Flat pack cargo for rockets. All rockets are tubes (until some amazing technology comes along). Stacking pancakes, hockey pucks, shapes like that in a tube seems most efficient to me. IMHO again.
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STARFALLL for the first time in action 👀 pretty neat
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I hope my lucky penny made it.
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Thirty two passengers and not one of them asked for the window seat
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Starfall is that big?!
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32 payloads and not one of them is a frog. todd is not impressed 🐸
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All tucked in 🚀
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Pretty cool. 32 dreams coming to fruition.
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All that carry on baggage... Ryanair should take note...
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32 payloads in one fairing and I still can't fit a hoodie in my carry-on.
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Have you ever packed a U Haul for distance travel? Things gotta be tied down. The way these guys can pack in so many things, so neatly that they can be "released" w/o f***ing things up, is an art in itself.
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Ride-Share? Pick me, pick me! Not as "payload" but as the first elder and amputee in space. – at Hobart, OK
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Imagine being stuck in a rideshare with 31 strangers for eternity.
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Can’t Touch This! 🎼🎹
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Is it going to be streaming till reentry I mean the Starfall
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I’ll always be in awe at how they pack everything in all tucked and folded and ready to unfurl at its ultimate site. Smaller creators have their chance in space too
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32 payloads in one ride. the most efficient carpool since bengaluru office cabs
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Quick history note: Bandwagon missions fly mid-inclination orbits, while Transporter missions fly sun-synchronous ones. The record still belongs to Transporter-1 (Jan 2021), which put 143 satellites in orbit on a single Falcon 9.
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Always encapsulate your payload.
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That's one packed carpool!
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Matty
@mattyaproOct 17
19th flight for B1085, after Crew-9 and Blue Ghost, now carrying 32 payloads. At what flight count do reused boosters stop being news? In my opinion, never.🔥
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bandwagon is the fun one physics wise the free speed you get from earth spinning works out to 465 m/s times cos of your inclination, doesnt matter where you launch from 45 degrees out of the cape gets about 329 m/s for free. transporter 18 went to 97.4 sso and that orbit actually charges you about 60 so roughly a 390 m/s swing just from which way you point the rocket, no wonder they run a mid inclination ride
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32 payloads on one ride. Best carpool in the business. What's the strangest thing anyone's sent up on a rideshare?
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The packing and deployment planning is the part I’d love to see more of.
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Ohh ... who doesn't like fresh reentry vehicles? 💫
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Sunrise at 7:25 could paint that exhaust into a jellyfish. 6:30 tomorrow. Step outside and look east.
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I hope the weather clears up so I can see it. 🚀😊
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32 payloads on one Falcon 9 is a full load.
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33 was the goal. A Rolling Rock for your efforts.
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Next on the Falcon 9 diary: Bandwagon 5, scheduled for Monday, 19 Oct at 10:30 UTC. A dedicated mid-inclination rideshare to start the week. Will you be following it?
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Seeing these rocket launches makes you look lame as hell. It's all ego, not science.
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zero gravity but the gold foil still knows how to catch a room
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You should encapsulate your payload.
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