On April 22, 2025, the Falcon 9 missile started from the Cape Canaveral base at 03:48 Moscow's time as part of the Bandwagon-3 mission launch. Among the number of satellites on the train is Phoenix 1 – the first European capsules are likely to return to the earth after entering the orbit, the reporting portal Space.
Capsules were developed by German Company Atmos Space Cargo And he had to perform a planet around the planet, and then led in the Atlantic, about 2000 km from the Brazilian coast. According to ATMOS, this is the first task in European history to return the goods from the space organized by a private company.
The purpose of the launch is to check the inflatable heat transplant and the main technologies for the safety return of the capsule. In the future, ATMOS plans to use them to deliver from orbit in the order of different customers.
Our mission is the revolution in space logistics, providing breakthrough achievements in research in the context of micro -gravity, production in orbit, defense applications and life science, Atmos Space Cargo's website.
Bandwagon-3 mission is part of a series of launches from SpaceX, focusing on providing a lot of devices in one trip. In addition to Phoenix 1, 425SAT-3 of Korea (for defense development agency) and tomorrow-S7, a satellite from the Meteorological Company Tomorrow Inc.
SpaceX continues to actively develop the direction of the Pasching: Bandwagon-3 became the third in the series and other transmission series that recorded the world record, withdrawing 143 satellites on a flight in 2021.