Bandwagon-3: 425 Project Fl4, Tomorrow-S7, PHOENIX – Falcon 9 (B1090.3) – Cape Canaveral SLC-40 – 22.04.2025 00:48 UTC

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https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7607

Bandwagon-3
Launch Time
NET April, 2025
Rocket  Falcon 9 Block 5
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Mission Details
Bandwagon-3
Bandwagon-3 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX's SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.
Low Earth Orbit

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NET April 20 - Bandwagon-3: 425 Project SAR satellite F4, Haven-Demo, PHOENIX, Tomorrow.io-5, Tomorrow.io-6 - Falcon 9 (LZ-1) - Vandenberg SLC-4E

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https://x.com/AtmosSpaceCargo/status/1887158819437842451

ATMOS Space Cargo  @AtmosSpaceCargo
ATMOS is going to space! Our PHOENIX re-entry capsule received FAA approval and is set to fly on @SpaceX #Bandwagon3 rideshare mission NET April 2025.
On this test flight, ATMOS will become the first private entity in European history to attempt space re-entry, while setting a new global standard for payload efficiency of 1:2 — redefining commercial space logistics.
Achieving this milestone in under 12 months is a testament to our team's relentless drive and innovation. For all mission details and payloads read our official press release: https://atmos-space-cargo.com/milestones/atmos-to-attempt-space-re-entry-with-phoenix-capsule-on-spacex-flight/

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По ссылке

ATMOS To Become First Private Company in European History to Attempt Space Re-Entry.

• ^{February 2025}

Press Release
ATMOS Receives FAA Approval and Aims to Set New Global Standard for Space Return Technology and Payload Efficiency.

• ATMOS to launch its PHOENIX capsule during the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission with SpaceX no earlier than April 2025.

• The PHOENIX capsule aims to achieve an industry-leading downmass efficiency ratio of 1:2 – ten times above current market standards.

• This mission establishes ATMOS as the first non-governmental European entity to attempt re-entry from space.

• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted a positive payload determination for the PHOENIX capsule in January 2025, making ATMOS the first private European company to receive such authorization.

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Lichtenau, Germany – February 5, 2025 – ATMOS Space Cargo (ATMOS), a leading European space logistics startup announces the test flight of its PHOENIX re-entry capsule to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is targeted to launch on the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission with SpaceX no earlier than April 2025.
The capsule will complete two orbits around Earth before attempting its atmospheric re-entry.
After completing a series of rigorous formal qualifications, ATMOS received a positive payload determination from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in January 2025. This milestone makes ATMOS the first private company in Europe to receive such authorization and the first non-governmental entity in European history to attempt space re-entry.
SpaceX confirmed the implementation of PHOENIX on its upcoming Bandwagon-3 mission.
This testflight of the PHOENIX mission is the first of a planned series of orbital flights designed to refine ATMOS' groundbreaking technology, ultimately shaping the future of commercial re-entry systems.

FIRST FLIGHT MISSION OBJECTIVES
The primary goal of the PHOENIX 1 prototype's inaugural flight is to gather critical data on the capsule and its innovative Inflatable Heat Shield. The mission aims to accelerate the development of a versatile and robust re-entry platform for commercial applications.
ATMOS outlines three core objectives for the prototype's test flight:
1. Collecting in-flight data from the capsule and sub-components in orbit.
2. Gathering scientific data from customer payloads carrying technology demonstrators and biological experiments.
3. Successfully deploying and stabilizing the Inflatable Heat Shield during atmospheric re-entry.

The mission is expected to conclude with the prototype's demise during re-entry, providing valuable flight data for the next iteration of this platform – the PHOENIX 2 capsule.

PHOENIX INNOVATIVE RE-ENTRY TECHNOLOGY
ATMOS' PHOENIX return capsule represents cutting-edge innovation in space, designed to transport payloads of various sizes and weights. The initial iteration of the capsule is capable of carrying up to 100 kg. Future versions are planned to handle larger scale orbital supplies of several tonnes, including rocket stages.
The PHOENIX capsule features a pioneering Inflatable Heat Shield, which inflates in orbit to decelerate the spacecraft early during re-entry from orbital speeds (~7800 m/s) all the way down to acceptable speeds for a controlled water landing without parachutes. This shield combines advanced aerodynamics with cutting-edge thermal materials to protect sensitive payloads from extreme heat while maintaining flight stability with low accelerations.
The PHOENIX platform offers the highest payload efficiency on the market of 1:2, significantly enhancing mission capabilities for microgravity exposure ranging from three hours to three months. Its unique payload capacity is reducing existing downmass costs, thereby opening access to microgravity and in-space manufacturing for a wide range of industries and applications. Target customers for this platform include organizations in life sciences, biotechnology, in-space manufacturing, defense, and institutional sectors.
In December 2024, ATMOS already secured a commercial contract for 7 re-entry missions until 2027.

INAUGURAL PAYLOADS
The inaugural testflight will carry four diverse payloads, including biological experiments and technological demonstrations in microgravity. The first payload customers to be communicated are:

• DLR (Germany): German Aerospace Center – Institute of Aerospace Medicine: Developing radiation detectors for space missions. Their M-42 radiation detector will measure the radiation environment during orbit.
• IDDK (Japan): Develops space laboratories for biological and life science experiments, specialized by its patented one-chip microscopic observation technology, Micro Imaging Device (MID).
• FRONTIER SPACE (UK): Developing a modular and scalable 'lab-in-a-box' SpaceLab and bioreactor for in-space manufacturing to unlock the growing commercial industrial microgravity sector.

More detailed profiles of payload customers will be released soon.

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QUOTES
"Driving advancements for reusable, affordable and reliable downmass is critical to the success of orbital space development. Having the ability to return life sciences and other types of microgravity research, rocket upper stages, military spacecraft and manufactured resources could be the next breakthrough in space transportation."
Lori Garver, former NASA Deputy Administrator and member of ATMOS advisory board.

"Our first test flight is what the team at ATMOS has been working towards relentlessly. I am proud to lead this mission at such a crucial moment for Europe. Our space industry needs disruptive innovation to compete on a global scale. While all eyes are on this first test flight, we are already developing the next generation of reusable spacecraft, enabling breakthroughs for biomedical research, factories in orbit, and space transportation."
Sebastian Klaus, CEO and Co-Founder of ATMOS Space Cargo
 
About ATMOS Space Cargo
ATMOS Space Cargo GmbH develops cutting-edge technology to enable the return of cargo from space. Its services encompass microgravity experiments, commercial payloads and support for spacecraft reusability. ATMOS bridges the gap between Earth and low Earth orbit, driving industrial innovation with sustainable solutions. The PHOENIX capsule represents a groundbreaking platform for Earth-to-Space-to-Earth logistics, designed for a wide variety of applications.
For press inquiries, please contact: press@atmos-space-cargo.com

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Ожидают, что в этот раз разрушится при входе в атмосферу.

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https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/7607

Bandwagon-3
Launch Time
Tue Apr 22, 2025 04:00 GMT+3
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Vehicles
Landing Zone 1 or 2
Unknown Vehicle

Mission Details
Bandwagon-3
Bandwagon-3 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX's SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to mid-inclination orbits for ESPA class payloads for as low as $300,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.
Low Earth Orbit

Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=bandwagon-3

SpaceX is targeting Monday, April 21 at 8:48 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the Bandwagon-3 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. If needed, there is a backup opportunity on Tuesday, April 22 at 8:26 p.m. ET.

A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.

On board this mission is ADD's 425Sat-3, Tomorrow Companies Inc.'s Tomorrow-S7, and Atmos Space Cargo's PHOENIX re-entry capsule.

This will be the third flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched O3b mPOWER-E and Crew-10. Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 2 (LZ-2) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station...

B1090.3

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Там же

LAUNCH AND LANDING
All Times Approximate
Hr/Min/Sec   Event
00:01:06   Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:15   1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:18   1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:22   Stage 1 flip
00:02:26   2nd stage engine starts
00:02:32   1st stage boostback burn start
00:02:37   Fairing separation
00:03:15   1st stage boostback burn end
00:06:15   1st stage entry burn start
00:06:37   1st stage entry burn ends
00:07:28   1st stage landing burn start
00:08:00   1st stage landing

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https://x.com/AtmosSpaceCargo/status/1913353849898705211

ATMOS Space Cargo  @AtmosSpaceCargo
PHOENIX 1 Protoflight Update: Re-entry Trajectory Changed

A few weeks ago leading to launch, we received a mission update from SpaceX: the de-orbit burn and separation coordinates for PHOENIX 1 has been shifted which ultimately effect our mission parameters: an entirely new Return Trajectory and changed Flight Path Angle for our prototype's first test flight.
Based on our calculations we are expecting significantly higher thermal and aerodynamic loads that will push our system to its limits while setting up new ground stations across South America and planning a bold and experimental air-to-air recon mission to chase our capsule during re-entry to aquire as much data as possible at this point.
We drafted a brief summary on the confirmed changes and their potential impact to our mission design and risk profile.
What has not changed: Our Misson Objectives. We remain strongly focussed on gathering flight data to advance our re-entry technology in the fastest possible way. Re-factoring and implementing an almost entirely new mission plan was challenging, but this is what we came up with.
Time to fly!
GO PHOENIX!

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https://x.com/AtmosSpaceCargo/status/1913729216283131988

ATMOS Space Cargo  @AtmosSpaceCargo
PHOENIX 1 Integration completed.
Our AIT team on-site has successfully completed the flight integration of our PHOENIX 1 capsule to @SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, in collaboration with our integration partner @Exolaunch. The capsule is ready to launch aboard the upcoming Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission.
We're grateful to Carolyn de Oliveira Baumann and Anna-Christina Preg from Exolaunch for their expert support in ensuring a seamless integration process
A huge shoutout over the Atlantic Ocean to our Launch Team, led by our Lead Systems Engineer Chris Grimm, and joined by our CTO Jeffrey Hendrikse, as well as our Head of Structures Thomas Kern, our Systems Engineer Pushya Subramanyam, our Avionics Architect Eenesh Chavan and our Payload Manager Thibault Kiehl for locking us in!
GO PHOENIX!
 
 

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https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/supplemental/

Bandwagon-3 Pre-Launch   

2025-081A    70301   425SAT-3   96.17   45.40   577   573   0.0002731
2025-081B    70302   TOMORROW-S9   96.12   45.39   573   572   0.0000701

Derived from individual Pre-Launch Bandwagon-3 state vectors for each object in the initial deployment, provided by SpaceX.

Launch: 2025-04-22 00:48:33.990 UTC.
Deployments: 2025-04-22 01:01:46.950 UTC to 2025-04-22 02:27:35.370 UTC.

Целевые орбиты и точное время пуска.

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https://x.com/sch0ening/status/1914348409022222423

Sch0ening  @sch0ening
 LAUNCH ALERT
@SpaceX  is scheduled to launch the Bandwagon-3 Mission from SLC-40 @CapeCanaveralFL Space Force Station in Florida

Full Details are in the Graphic Below, and as always, The full map can be viewed at: http://bit.ly/spxmap

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Sch0ening  @sch0ening
Full Size Images
   

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb7Lv9c4A1A

Go! - SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Bandwagon-3 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
  SPACE AFFAIRS

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Пуск, разделение ступеней.
Вы не можете просматривать это вложение.
Вы не можете просматривать это вложение. 
Сброс ГО не показали.

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Посадка первой ступени
Вы не можете просматривать это вложение.
Ступень села.

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https://tass.ru/kosmos/23742881

СЕУЛ, 22 апреля. /ТАСС/. Четвертый спутник разведывательного назначения Республики Корея успешно выведен на целевую орбиту. Об этом сообщило агентство Yonhap со ссылкой на Министерство обороны РК.
Пуск состоялся в 09:48 по сеульскому времени (03:48 мск) с базы Космических сил США на мысе Канаверал в штате Флорида. Аппарат на орбиту вывела ракета Falcon 9 американской компании SpaceX.
Всего Республика Корея планирует запустить еще один спутник до конца 2025 года. Пять аппаратов на орбите позволят Сеулу установить постоянное наблюдение за КНДР с интервалом в два часа. Первый разведывательный спутник был запущен в декабре 2023 года. Собственный потенциал космической разведки снизит зависимость южнокорейской стороны от США в этом вопросе.

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Каталогизированы два объекта

2025-081A    63630   425SAT-3              96.20   45.40   580   573   0.0004668
2025-081B    63631   TOMORROW-S9    96.17   45.40   583   568   0.0011162

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements

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Начальные параметры орбиты второй ПН скорректированы уже через два витка

2025-081A    63630   425SAT-3              96.20   45.40   580   573   0.0004804
2025-081B    63631   TOMORROW-S9    96.16   45.41   586   564   0.0016100

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ATMOS Space Cargo объявила об успехе миссии PHOENIX 1
(краткий обзор статьи)

На основе предварительных данных немецкая компания ATMOS Space Cargo сообщила об успешном завершении полета своей первой возвращаемой капсулы PHOENIX 1. Капсула была запущена 22 апреля на ракете SpaceX Falcon 9 в рамках миссии Bandwagon-3.
 
Предполагается, что аппарат должен доставлять до 100 кг груза на низкую околоземную орбиту сроком до трех месяцев и возвращаться в атмосферу с помощью надувного теплового щита. После входа в атмосферу капсула должна была приводниться через 30 минут.  За  посадкой капсулы должен был следить самолёт сопровождения, но место приводнения оказалось на 500 км дальше ожидаемого. 

Компания подтвердила получение данных от четырех коммерческих полезных нагрузок и успешное надувание теплового щита. Однако из-за изменения в последний момент заранее согласованного со SpaceX угла входа в атмосферу условия для работы теплового щита оказались за пределами проектных требований.
 
Основные цели миссии — сбор данных о капсуле, получение научных данных и запись данных о тепловом щите — были выполнены.
 
ATMOS Space Cargo работает над улучшенной версией капсулы PHOENIX 2 с независимой системой маневрирования, первый полет которой запланирован на 2026 год. В феврале компания получила €13,1 млн инвестиций от Европейской комиссии.

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While the inclusion of this phase of the mission hinted that the company anticipated the vehicle successfully re-entering Earth's atmosphere, it's not clear that it had any chance of achieving this milestone.

В переводе: we are have't the clue what's happened and where our f..ng device is.