Falcon 9 launch planned for Thursday night with an on-base landing for assigned booster

SpaceX warns of 'sonic booms' as it prepares for another Falcon 9 launch - The Mirror

SpaceX has been forced to issue a 'sonic boom' warning to residents in several California counties ahead of its next Falcon 9 launch this week after a successful launch taking crew to the ISS

Falcon 9 launch planned for Thursday night with an on-base landing for assigned booster

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – SpaceX announced a Falcon 9 launch of the NROL-57 mission on Thursday, March 20 at 11:49 p.m. from Vandenberg Space

Vandenberg SFB’s Next Mission: SpaceX Launch, Landing Thursday Night

What: Falcon 9 rocket launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base. When: 11:49 p.m. Thursday, according to SpaceX. If needed, the team has backup opportunities starting at 11:31 p.m. Friday. Where: Space Launch Complex-4 on the South Base. Landing: More than seven minutes after liftoff, the first-stage booster, making its fourth flight, is expected to return to Landing Zone 4, just west of the launch site. A sonic boom is possible in Santa Barbara, Ve…

SpaceX plans third launch from Vandenberg this month; sonic boom expected

SpaceX is gearing up for a late-night launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.The aerospace company is targeting Thursday at 11:49 p.m. for liftoff of a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4 East.The NROL-57 mission is SpaceXs third launch from Vandenberg this month and ninth from the base so far this year.The rockets first-stage booster will land back at Vandenberg, creating a sonic boom many people in the area will hear.If the launch doesnt hap…

SpaceX Achieves Rocket-Reuse Milestone along with Launch of US Spy Satellites

The Falcon 9 rocket was launched from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday at 2:49 a.m. EDT (0649 GMT; 11:49 p.m. local California time on March 20), carrying out the NROL-57 mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). NROL-57 marked the 8th launch of the NRO's "proliferated architecture," which the agency also refers to as "a new paradigm for assets the NRO is putting on orbit." According to a SpaceX mission descrip…

SpaceX continues to push the limits of rocket reuse with an impressive new record. On the night of Thursday 20 to Friday 21 March, a Falcon 9 launcher took off from the Vandenberg Space Base, California, as part of the NROL-57 mission, carried out for the National Recognition Office (NRO) of the [...]