WATCH:
Watch Falcon 9 launch the Transporter-18 mission to orbit https://t.co/W4VS07HPRZ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 1, 2026
People near Vandenberg Space Force Base may have heard sonic booms Thursday following SpaceX’s latest launch.
The Transporter-18 mission launched just after 11:30 a.m.
Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster landed at Vandenberg’s Landing Zone 4.
The booster’s re-entry is what produced the sonic booms.
According to Vandenberg, "Transporter-18 is a dedicated small satellite rideshare mission carrying 130 payloads to low-Earth orbit."
Vandenberg has supported more than 60 West Coast launches, many of them from SpaceX, so far this year.
