D-Orbit successfully launched Ride With Me, the 21st commercial mission of the ION Satellite Carrier (ION), on November 28, 2025, on board SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission. The Falcon 9 lifted off at 10:44 a.m. PT (19:44 p.m UTC) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, delivering ION SCV Galactic Georgius into a Sun-Synchronous Orbit at an altitude of roughly 510 km. Also flying aboard the same Falcon 9 was another ION, SCV Stellar Stephanus, which will carry out the We Need More Space mission.
Throughout Ride With Me, ION SCV Galactic Georgius will deploy three satellites and execute three hosted-payload demonstrations in orbit. Our mission operations team is currently completing post-launch procedures in preparation for the start of the commercial phase of the mission.
Throughout Ride With Me, ION SCV Galactic Georgius will deploy three satellites and execute three hosted-payload demonstrations in orbit. Our mission operations team is currently completing post-launch procedures in preparation for the start of the commercial phase of the mission.
