SpaceX’s Transporter-18 Mission could bring sonic booms to Central Coast
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. —
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People near Vandenberg Space Force Base may hear sonic booms Thursday following SpaceX’s latest launch.
The Transporter-18 mission is expected to launch just after 11:30 a.m.
If the launch does not happen Thursday, crews will try again Friday at the same time.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster is set to land at Vandenberg’s Landing Zone 4.
The booster’s re-entry is expected to produce sonic booms.
According to Vandenberg, “Transporter-18 is a dedicated small satellite rideshare mission carrying 130 payloads to low-Earth orbit.”
A live webcast of the mission will be available on SpaceX’s website and on X, @SpaceX, beginning about 15 minutes before liftoff.
Vandenberg has supported more than 60 West Coast launches, many of them from SpaceX, so far this year.