SpaceX to launch Bandwagon-5 rideshare with 32 payloads from Florida
The gist
SpaceX plans to launch a Falcon 9 carrying 32 payloads, including the Starfall reentry capsule.
The flight reuses a booster for the 19th time.
How it unfolded
- Oct 12, 2026SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink satellites from California.
- Oct 13, 2026A Falcon 9 launches the CRS-35 cargo mission to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral around 6:33 a.m., carrying more than 6,300 pounds of science and supplies.
- Oct 13, 2026The pre-dawn launch produces a 'space jellyfish' effect in Florida skies, caused by sunlight illuminating the rocket's high-altitude exhaust plume.