{"id":264745,"date":"2025-11-01T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264745\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T10:27:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T10:27:06","slug":"spacex-bandwagon-4-sonic-booms-could-startle-sleepers-sunday-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/264745\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX Bandwagon-4 sonic booms could startle sleepers Sunday morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sonic booms from a descending SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster should rattle communities near the Cape during early morning hours Sunday, Nov. 2.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s Bandwagon-4 launch window <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/space\/2025\/10\/01\/rocket-launch-schedule-in-october-from-cape-canaveral-and-nasa-kennedy-space-center-in-florida\/86453418007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extends from 1:00 a.m. to 2:03 a.m. Sunday<\/a>, a Federal Aviation Administration operations plan advisory indicates. The Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.<\/p>\n<p>Expect sonic booms roughly eight minutes later. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/space\/spacex\/2025\/04\/21\/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-launches-bandwagon-3-mission-from-florida-cape-canaveral\/83140763007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">During SpaceX&#8217;s April 21 nighttime Bandwagon-3 mission<\/a>, the rocket&#8217;s first-stage booster did likewise while descending to touchdown at Landing Zone 2 at the Space Force installation. The landing zone is located just north of Cape Canaveral Lighthouse and Blue Origin&#8217;s New Glenn facilities at Launch Complex 36.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">Cape Canaveral: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/tech\/science\/space\/2025\/10\/01\/rocket-launch-schedule-in-october-from-cape-canaveral-and-nasa-kennedy-space-center-in-florida\/86453418007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, Blue Origin, NASA launch schedule at Cape Canaveral<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Live FLORIDA TODAY Space Team launch coverage should kick off about 90 minutes before liftoff at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">floridatoday.com\/space<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX&#8217;s Bandwagon missions serve as &#8220;rideshare&#8221; trips into orbit for smallsat companies and other space ventures. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/bandwagon-3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bandwagon-3<\/a> carried ADD\u2019s 425Sat-3, Tomorrow Companies Inc.\u2019s Tomorrow-S7 and Atmos Space Cargo\u2019s PHOENIX re-entry capsule.<\/p>\n<p>The SpaceX website advertises rideshare costs as low as $325,000 to launch a 50-kilogram payload into a sun-synchronous polar orbit.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead on the Eastern Range calendar, another SpaceX Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch Starlink broadband satellites into low-Earth orbit on Wednesday, Nov. 5, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Launch\u00a0window: 7:08 p.m. to 11:51 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s manifest also includes United Launch Alliance&#8217;s Atlas V rocket launch carrying a Viasat communications satellite. That 44-minute window opens at 10:24 p.m. from Launch Complex 41 at the military installation<\/p>\n<p class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\">For the latest news from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA&#8217;s Kennedy Space Center, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/space\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">floridatoday.com\/space<\/a>. Another easy way: <a href=\"https:\/\/profile.floridatoday.com\/newsletters\/space\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to sign up for our weekly Space newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/staff\/4387025002\/rick-neale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Rick Neale<\/a>\u00a0is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. 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