{"id":278901,"date":"2026-01-11T06:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278901\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T06:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T06:42:08","slug":"sonic-booms-expected-sunday-morning-from-spacex-launch-at-vandenberg-sfb-vandenberg-space-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/278901\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic booms expected Sunday morning from SpaceX launch at Vandenberg SFB | Vandenberg Space Force Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties can expect to hear one or more sonic booms during and after the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday morning\u00a0\u2014 depending on weather and other conditions, officials confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Space Force has approved the Twilight Mission, which is scheduled to go Sunday, Jan. 11, between 5:19 and 6:16 a.m., from Space Launch Complex 4 East. If needed, a backup opportunity is available on Monday, Jan. 12, at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Residents near Vandenberg SFB will hear one or more sonic booms approximately 8\u201310 minutes after liftoff as the Falcon 9 first stage returns and lands at Landing Zone 4 at the spaceport.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the fifth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission which previously launched Sentinel-6B and three Starlink missions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A live webcast of the mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff is accessible at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/launches\/twilight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.spacex.com\/launches\/twilight<\/a>, on X @SpaceX, and webcast on the new X TV app.<\/p>\n<p>Launch dates and times are subject to change at any time due to mission requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Twilight is a dedicated smallsat rideshare mission. To date, SpaceX reports it has launched more than 1,500 payloads to orbit for 130+ customers across our entire Rideshare program.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Andr\u00e9\u00a0covers lifestyle and\u00a0local news for the Santa Ynez Valley News and Lompoc Record, editions of the Santa Maria Times. She can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/santamariatimes.com\/news\/local\/military\/vandenberg\/sonic-booms-expected-sunday-morning-from-spacex-launch-at-vandenberg-sfb\/mailto:landre@syvnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">landre@syvnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura counties can expect to hear one or more sonic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278902,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[8131,140844,140847,140837,67183,67184,48424,582,1025,140831,40498,1374,140840,9794,140833,18,1647,9130,140825,29615,140835,44948,19,17,33864,3136,140824,140822,48422,1226,48421,140841,140836,140853,140850,140849,140834,140848,67181,140845,3021,6144,133,140829,140851,10214,140842,74845,140854,1224,7941,140843,140846,140838,140826,140830,26824,67185,8913,140839,17563,67182,2731,140856,4425,9150,48428,140828,140855,140827,140823,40540,140832,140852],"class_list":{"0":"post-278901","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-aerospace","9":"tag-aerospace-companies","10":"tag-aerospace-companies-of-north-america","11":"tag-aerospace-companies-of-the-united-states","12":"tag-aerospace-engineering","13":"tag-astronautics","14":"tag-astronomical-objects","15":"tag-astronomy","16":"tag-astrophysics","17":"tag-autonomous-spaceport-drone-ship","18":"tag-ballistics","19":"tag-california","20":"tag-commercial-launch-service-providers","21":"tag-commercial-spaceflight","22":"tag-double-asteroid-redirection-test","23":"tag-eire","24":"tag-elon-musk","25":"tag-falcon-9","26":"tag-falcon-9-rideshare","27":"tag-flight","28":"tag-hawthorne","29":"tag-human-spaceflight","30":"tag-ie","31":"tag-ireland","32":"tag-local-government","33":"tag-local-news","34":"tag-lompoc","35":"tag-military-vandenberg","36":"tag-observational-astronomy","37":"tag-outer-space","38":"tag-physical-sciences","39":"tag-private-spaceflight","40":"tag-private-spaceflight-companies","41":"tag-proprietary-technology-salespersons","42":"tag-reusable-spaceflight-technology","43":"tag-rocket-engine-manufacturers","44":"tag-rocket-engine-manufacturers-of-the-united-states","45":"tag-rocket-families","46":"tag-rocketry","47":"tag-rockets-and-missiles","48":"tag-satellite","49":"tag-satellites","50":"tag-science","51":"tag-secondary-payload","52":"tag-service-companies","53":"tag-solar-system","54":"tag-space-access","55":"tag-space-advocacy","56":"tag-space-applications","57":"tag-space-exploration","58":"tag-space-industry","59":"tag-space-launch-vehicles","60":"tag-space-launch-vehicles-of-the-united-states","61":"tag-space-organizations","62":"tag-space-program-of-the-united-states","63":"tag-space-programs","64":"tag-space-science","65":"tag-space-vehicles","66":"tag-spacecraft","67":"tag-spacecraft-manufacturers","68":"tag-spaceflight","69":"tag-spaceflight-technology","70":"tag-spacex","71":"tag-spacex-launch-vehicles","72":"tag-starlink","73":"tag-starlink-satellites","74":"tag-stellar-astronomy","75":"tag-stellar-corona","76":"tag-transportation-companies-of-the-united-states","77":"tag-uncrewed-spacecraft","78":"tag-vandenbereg-space-force-base","79":"tag-vandenberg-space-force-base","80":"tag-vandenberg-space-launch-complex-4","81":"tag-vehicle-manufacturing-companies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}