SpaceX’s Transporter-18 Mission Could Bring Sonic Booms to Central Coast
The Falcon 9 will carry 130 payloads, and the booster is set to return to Landing Zone 4 about seven minutes after liftoff.
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Live coverage: AI datacenter prototypes, energy redirection demonstrators and more launching on SpaceX’s Transporter-18
The mission carries 130 payloads onboard the Falcon 9 rocket heading to a Sun-synchronous orbit. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 11:32 a.m. PDT (2:32 p.m. EDT / 1832 UTC).
Vandenberg’s Next Mission: SpaceX Launch, Landing Thursday
What: Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. When: During a 58-minute window opening at 11:18 a.m. Thursday, according to SpaceX. If needed, the team has backup opportunities during the same time Friday. Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on South Base. Landing: Slightly more than seven minutes after liftoff, the first-stage booster, making its 25th flight, will return to Landing Zone 4, just west of the launch si…
Transporter-18 Mission Scheduled to Launch From Vandenberg SFB Thursday Afternoon
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (KEYT) – A Falcon 9 launch of the Transporter-18 mission is scheduled from Space Launch Complex 4 East on Thursday, Oct. 1, between 11:18 a.m. and 12:16 p.m. Pacific Time. A backup 58-minute launch window for the mission has been scheduled for the following day, Friday, Oct. 2 at the
SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 130 payloads into space as part of the "Transporter-18" mission.
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 130 payloads as part of the Transporter-18 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The first stage of the rocket landed in Landing Zone 4 after 7.5 minutes; with this latest mission, the number of payloads in the joint program has exceeded 1800.
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