Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) announced that its LizzieSat-4 and LizzieSat-5 satellites are scheduled to launch together on the SpaceX Bandwagon-6 rideshare mission, targeted for no earlier than April 2027, according to a company press release.

LizzieSat-5 was previously manifested on SpaceX's Transporter-18 mission, targeted for no earlier than October 2026. Sidus moved the vehicle to Bandwagon-6 to expand qualification testing of its Fortis VPX - Maxima platform. "Expanding the Fortis qualification campaign lets us characterize the platform against a larger set of mission requirements in a single test window rather than repeating the effort vehicle by vehicle," said Patrick Butler, Chief Operating Officer of Sidus Space.

The Bandwagon-6 launch will take place from Florida's Space Coast, which the company says marks its first launch from the same location where its satellites are manufactured. Both spacecraft will travel directly from the company's Cape Canaveral facility to the launch site. The mission will place both satellites into a mid-inclination orbit.

LizzieSat-4 is currently in production and will carry hosted payloads from Solar MEMS, Lonestar, and Maris-Tech. LizzieSat-5, which carries a hosted payload from The Netherlands Organization (TNO), has completed environmental testing and is awaiting final integration. Both spacecraft will also carry a Simera Sense HyperScape-100 imager and a Satlabs Polaris AIS receiver.

In July 2026, Sidus entered a teaming agreement with a commercial space contractor under which it would contribute its Fortis platform as a proposed mission processor in support of a proposal for an advanced orbital mission tied to national security objectives.

"We made a deliberate choice to complete the additional testing on the ground rather than discover a gap on orbit," said Carol Craig, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sidus Space. Final launch timing remains subject to qualification testing, spacecraft integration, and launch vehicle readiness.