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SpaceX Transporter Smallsat Rideshare Programme
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Dedicated smallsat rideshare service to sun-synchronous orbit, operated by SpaceX on Falcon 9 Block 5. Missions numbered sequentially from Transporter-1 (January 2021). Cadence approximately quarterly to biannual. Dominant launch service for commercial EO smallsats including Planet, ICEYE, Spire, Capella, Pixxel, Satellogic, and GHGSat. Pricing approximately 7,000 USD per kilogram as of early 2026, with a 50 kg minimum slot. SpaceX does not publish official per-mission total payload mass; the 5,000 kg figure here is the conservative typical-manifest mass cited across third-party trackers.
SpaceX Transporter is the SSO-dedicated mission series within SpaceX's Smallsat Rideshare Program, carrying commercial smallsats to sun-synchronous orbit on Falcon 9 Block 5.[1][2] Missions are numbered sequentially from Transporter-1, which launched in January 2021, with SSO rideshare opportunities published approximately every four months alongside mid-inclination opportunities at other orbital inclinations.[1] SpaceX publishes rideshare pricing starting at $350,000 for a 50 kg minimum slot, with additional mass at $7,000 per kilogram.[1] Customers include EO operators across commercial remote sensing, technology demonstration, and IoT applications.[2] Transporter-16 launched 119 payloads to orbit from Vandenberg Space Force Base on 30 March 2026.[3][4]
- [3]Falcon 9, SpaceXoperator engineering-2026-05-25
- [4]SpaceX Launches 119 Payloads on the Transporter-16 Rideshare Missionthird party2026-03-302026-05-25
- [5]Watch SpaceX launch 119 payloads to orbit from California early on March 30third party2026-03-292026-05-25