SpaceX launch could spur some sonic booms
A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Starlink spacecraft as seen from Torrance Beach on April 6, 2024. Start the countdown — SpaceX will launch the Maxar 1 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday, May 2, with a 14-minute window for the launch opening at 11:36 a.m.
About eight minutes after lift-off, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg and there is the possibility that residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties may hear one of more sonic booms during the landing.
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