UPDATE (12:11 p.m.) - SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday.
The rocket lifted off at 11:56 a.m. As its first-stage booster returned to Earth, landing back at the base, it produced a sonic boom.
Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on Landing Zone 4 pic.twitter.com/tx3cKbAahp
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 16, 2024
The rocket is delivering a payload into low-Earth orbit that consists of more than 100 Cubesats and Microsats.
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UPDATE (9:16 a.m., Friday, Aug. 16) - Liftoff is currently targeted for 11:56 a.m.
WATCH:
Watch Falcon 9 launch 116 payloads to orbit https://t.co/bCvFMhKLhd
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 16, 2024
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(Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024) - People in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties may hear a sonic boom on Friday as a result of a SpaceX rocket launch.
The aerospace company is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:20 a.m.
About eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX plans to land the rocket's first stage booster back at Vandenberg, producing a sonic boom.
A livestream of the launch is scheduled to begin about 10 minutes before liftoff on X @SpaceX.
If the launch is scrubbed, SpaceX says it could try again at the same time on Saturday, August 17.
Dubbed the Transporter-11 mission, the rocket will reportedly be delivering 116 payloads that include CubeSats, MicroSats and an orbital transfer vehicle into low-Earth orbit.
