Launch board / mission brief
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · Falcon 9 · Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Space Launch Complex 4E
T−
T+ flown
Mission
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Flight data
- NET
- 2026-10-01 18:32 UTC
- Local
- 2026-10-02 02:32 (Asia/Shanghai)
- Window
- 2026-10-01 18:18 UTC → 2026-10-01 19:16 UTC
- Status
- Launch Successful (Success)
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Site
- Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
- Orbit
- Sun-Synchronous Orbit
- Probability
- —
- Mission type
- Dedicated Rideshare
- Vehicle record
- Falcon 9 →
- Pad record
- Space Launch Complex 4E →
Watch it happen
The console keeps a live countdown and the ISS position on one screen.