US EditionSpaceX Launches Demo Satellite for First Private Space Station
- On Nov. 2, 2025, a Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, carrying 18 payloads including Vast's Haven Demo on Bandwagon-4.
- Vast Space is using Haven Demo to test critical systems for Haven-1; the California-based company aims to launch Haven-1 in May 2026 with a four-member crew.
- The 60 kg Starcloud-1 carries an Nvidia H100 GPU, with Starcloud saying space data centers could be ten times cheaper and yield 10x carbon-dioxide savings.
- Less than eight minutes after liftoff, B1091 first stage targeted Landing Zone 2 and returned, while SpaceX ended live coverage early due to sensitive military payloads.
- With 138 Falcon 9 launches so far in 2025, SpaceX's cadence is reshaping orbital infrastructure, with more than 70% of flights supporting Starlink and Philip Johnston predicting space-built data centers within a decade.
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SpaceX launches fourth Bandwagon rideshare mission
SpaceX launched the fourth in its series of rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits Nov. 2, carrying payloads that included technology demonstration satellites for space stations and orbital data centers. The post SpaceX launches fourth Bandwagon rideshare mission appeared first on SpaceNews.
Live coverage: Commercial space station demo, data center precursor to launch on SpaceX Bandwagon mission
A Falcon 9 rocket is pictured at sunset as final preparations are made for the Bandwagon-4 ride-share mission. Image: SpaceX An Nvidia-backed data center demo, a testbed for Vast’s future commercial space station and artificial intelligence-powered weather satellites are among the spacecraft flying on SpaceX’s latest Bandwagon ride share mission to low Earth orbit. Bandwagon-4, is the fourth multi-customer flight to a mid-inclination orbit and t…
SpaceX successfully launches 100th Starlink mission of 2025
SpaceX achieved its 100th Starlink mission of the year on Friday, October 31, marking another milestone for 2025. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 28 Starlink broadband satellites successfully lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 4:41 p.m. ET, carrying another 28 Starlink satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Falcon 9 booster’s 29th flight Roughly 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the Falcon 9’s first stage touched down on the drone s…
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