Falcon 9 launches Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) from Vandenberg

1 October 2026, 19:32 BST · Added to this site on 21 October 2026

A Falcon 9 first stage standing on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You — Photo: SpaceX, Wikimedia Commons, CC0

SpaceX launched Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg SFB, California, on 1 October at 18:32 UTC. The first stage, B1082, was making its 25th flight.

It landed at LZ-4.

Sources

Launch page: Falcon 9, Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

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