{"id":341892,"date":"2025-12-10T22:48:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341892\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T22:48:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T22:48:14","slug":"vandenbergs-next-mission-spacex-rocket-launch-early-wednesday-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341892\/","title":{"rendered":"Vandenberg\u2019s Next Mission: SpaceX Rocket Launch Early Wednesday | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What: Falcon 9 rocket\u00a0launch at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vandenberg.spaceforce.mil\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vandenberg Space Force Base<\/a> in Santa Barbara County.<\/p>\n<p>When: Between 12:54 a.m. and 4:54 a.m. Wednesday, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SpaceX<\/a>. If needed, the team has backup opportunities during the same time period Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe timing is driven by orbital mechanics and ensures the vehicle will reach the precise point in space required to execute mission objectives,\u201d Vandenberg officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base.<\/p>\n<p>Landing: The first-stage booster, making its 18th flight, will land on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship positioned in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on Vandenberg SFB\u2019s updated audibility modeling, residents of Montecito, Carpinteria, Ojai, Ventura, and Oxnard may hear a sonic boom approximately 8-10 minutes after launch, with the greatest likelihood of audibility in the Montecito, Carpinteria, and Ojai areas,\u201d Vandenberg representatives said.<\/p>\n<p>People in proximity to Vandenberg SFB will hear the initial low rumble of liftoff.<\/p>\n<p>Why: Deliver 27 satellites into orbit for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.starlink.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Starlink<\/a> constellation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch: A live webcast of the mission is scheduled to begin about five minutes before liftoff at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spacex.com\/launches<\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/links-2.govdelivery.com\/CL0\/https:%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FSpaceX%3Futm_medium=email%26utm_source=govdelivery\/1\/0101019494e21328-51551a32-704e-4bc9-95e2-a2608e8704e9-000000\/Mt-yXKBtzIbAB9BR_A2SQf83hEfxdyPPb9_i2J9_C4c=389\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X @SpaceX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To watch the liftoff in person, the Lompoc Valley has multiple locations offering views of the launch pad. Those include the peak of Harris Grade Road, west of Lompoc\u2019s city limits and around Vandenberg Village, including near the intersection of Moonglow and Stardust roads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vandenberg launches close to sunset or sunrise can be especially picturesque. If skies are clear, the rocket\u2019s departure might be visible from elsewhere around California and, under certain conditions, other Western states.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What: Falcon 9 rocket\u00a0launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: Between 12:54 a.m. and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[983,79],"class_list":["post-341892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-local-news","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=341892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}