US EditionSpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket Overnight
Transporter-16 mission launched 119 smallsats including cubesats and microsats, supporting over 25 global customers, continuing SpaceX's rideshare program with 592 booster landings total.
- On Monday, SpaceX launched the Transporter-16 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying 119 payloads into Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit.
- The Transporter-16 mission continues SpaceX's rideshare series, which has lofted more than 1,600 payloads across two programs, including a single-launch record of 143 on Transporter-1.
- Exolaunch and Seops Space managed the majority of the manifest, which includes "cubesats, microsats, hosted payloads, a reentry vehicle, and orbital transfer vehicles," SpaceX wrote.
- The Falcon 9 first stage booster, B1093, completed its 12th flight and landed on the droneship "Of Course I Still Love You," marking the 187th landing on that vessel.
- Notable payloads include Varda Space's reentry satellite bus for on-orbit manufacturing and K2 Space's Gravitas satellite, the so-called "cake topper," with a 40-meter wingspan.
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SpaceX Mission Sends Magnetic Field Mapping Finalists Into Orbit
An eclectic set of satellites packed inside the Falcon 9 rocket that launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base early Monday included a trio involved in a competition to map Earth’s magnetic fields. The two-stage rocket built by SpaceX blasted off shortly after 4 a.m. from Space Launch Complex-4, with the first-stage booster landing minutes later on the droneship in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket carried 119 payloads for a dedicated rideshare miss…
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket overnight
VANDENBERG, Calif. (KEYT) Spacex launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base overnight around 4am. It was the 12th flight for the first stage booster supporting the mission. After stag separation, it made a landing on the Of Course I Still Love You drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. The rocket carried 119 payloads, including cubesats, microsats, a re-entry vehicle and more. The next two launches out of Vandenberg are scheduled for …
Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 119 payloads on smallsat rideshare mission from California
File: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands at Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base ahead of the Starlink 17-31 mission on March 13, 2026. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is gearing up to launch its third largest smallsat rideshare mission on Monday morning. The Transporter-16 mission will fly 119 payloads to a Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex…
Portal Space Systems gets its first payload into orbit
Bothell, Wash.-based Portal Space Systems has made its first foray into Earth orbit, in the form of a piggyback payload that will test technologies for highly maneuverable space vehicles. The instrument package, which is about the size of a tissue box, was one of 119 payloads sent into orbit at 4:02 a.m. PT today from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for SpaceX’s Transporter-16 satellite rideshare mission. Portal’s “Mini-Nova” payload w…
SpaceX launches Transporter-16 rideshare mission with successful deployment.
On March 30, SpaceX successfully launched the Transporter-16 rideshare mission, marking the latest addition to its series of dedicated rideshare missions. This mission saw the delivery of over 100 payloads to sun-synchronous orbit, showcasing SpaceX’s continued commitment to providing cost-effective access to space for a wide range of customers. Rideshare missions like Transporter-16 play a […]
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