{"id":227859,"date":"2026-01-11T06:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227859\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T06:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:57:07","slug":"sonic-booms-expected-sunday-morning-from-spacex-launch-at-vandenberg-sfb-vandenberg-space-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227859\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic booms expected Sunday morning from SpaceX launch at Vandenberg SFB | Vandenberg Space Force Base"},"content":{"rendered":"

Residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties can expect to hear one or more sonic booms during and after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday morning\u00a0\u2014 depending on weather and other conditions, officials confirmed.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Space Force has approved the Twilight Mission, which is scheduled to go Sunday, Jan. 11, between 5:19 and 6:16 a.m., from Space Launch Complex 4 East. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Monday, Jan. 12, at the same time.<\/p>\n

Residents near Vandenberg SFB will hear one or more sonic booms approximately 8\u201310 minutes after liftoff as the Falcon 9 first stage returns and lands at Landing Zone 4 at the spaceport.<\/p>\n

This will be the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission which previously launched Sentinel-6B and three Starlink missions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A live webcast of the mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff is accessible at\u00a0www.spacex.com\/launches\/twilight<\/a>, on X @SpaceX, and webcast on the new X TV app.<\/p>\n

Launch dates and times are subject to change at any time due to mission requirements.<\/p>\n

Twilight is a dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. To date, SpaceX reports it has launched more than 1,500 payloads to orbit for 130+ customers across our entire Rideshare program.<\/p>\n

Lisa Andr\u00e9\u00a0covers lifestyle and\u00a0local news for the Santa Ynez Valley News and Lompoc Record, editions of the Santa Maria Times. She can be reached at landre@syvnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties can expect to hear one or more sonic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1402,135893,135896,135886,52187,52188,47585,4645,399,135880,16961,179,135889,48650,135882,516,13190,135874,70,135884,22837,5008,256,60850,135872,111,139,69,8867,8866,8865,135890,135885,135902,135899,135898,135883,135897,52185,135894,4029,16610,147,135878,135900,3145,135891,135906,135903,9415,4983,135892,135895,135887,135875,135879,2618,52189,34603,135888,31484,52186,1503,135905,1504,24802,47587,135877,135904,135876,135873,17007,135881,135901],"class_list":["post-227859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-aerospace","tag-aerospace-companies","tag-aerospace-companies-of-north-america","tag-aerospace-companies-of-the-united-states","tag-aerospace-engineering","tag-astronautics","tag-astronomical-objects","tag-astronomy","tag-astrophysics","tag-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship","tag-ballistics","tag-california","tag-commercial-launch-service-providers","tag-commercial-spaceflight","tag-double-asteroid-redirection-test","tag-elon-musk","tag-falcon-9","tag-falcon-9-rideshare","tag-flight","tag-hawthorne","tag-human-spaceflight","tag-local-government","tag-local-news","tag-lompoc","tag-military-vandenberg","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-observational-astronomy","tag-outer-space","tag-physical-sciences","tag-private-spaceflight","tag-private-spaceflight-companies","tag-proprietary-technology-salespersons","tag-reusable-spaceflight-technology","tag-rocket-engine-manufacturers","tag-rocket-engine-manufacturers-of-the-united-states","tag-rocket-families","tag-rocketry","tag-rockets-and-missiles","tag-satellite","tag-satellites","tag-science","tag-secondary-payload","tag-service-companies","tag-solar-system","tag-space-access","tag-space-advocacy","tag-space-applications","tag-space-exploration","tag-space-industry","tag-space-launch-vehicles","tag-space-launch-vehicles-of-the-united-states","tag-space-organizations","tag-space-program-of-the-united-states","tag-space-programs","tag-space-science","tag-space-vehicles","tag-spacecraft","tag-spacecraft-manufacturers","tag-spaceflight","tag-spaceflight-technology","tag-spacex","tag-spacex-launch-vehicles","tag-starlink","tag-starlink-satellites","tag-stellar-astronomy","tag-stellar-corona","tag-transportation-companies-of-the-united-states","tag-uncrewed-spacecraft","tag-vandenbereg-space-force-base","tag-vandenberg-space-force-base","tag-vandenberg-space-launch-complex-4","tag-vehicle-manufacturing-companies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}