Transporter-18
SpaceX · Falcon 9
At a glance
- Status
- launched
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Window
- 1 October 2026 · 18:32 UTC
- From
- SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
- Destination
- Low Earth orbit (rideshare)
- Last verified
- 2 October 2026
Outcome
LAUNCHED · verified against the sources below on 2 October 2026.
The payload
SpaceX's 18th dedicated smallsat rideshare, launched on Thursday 1 October 2026 at 11:32 a.m. PT (18:32 UTC). SpaceX's mission page counts 130 payloads, including cubesats, microsats, hosted payloads, two spacecraft with reentry vehicles and four orbital transfer vehicles carrying 41 of those payloads for later deployment. Google's first Project Suncatcher prototype satellite, built with Planet, rode on this flight. The first stage landed at Landing Zone 4.
Status history
- 2 Oct 2026Added as launched from SpaceX's own mission page, which records liftoff from SLC-4E at 11:32 a.m. PT (18:32 UTC) on 1 October with 130 payloads aboard; Jonathan McDowell's catalogue logs the same minute.
Related
Sources
- spacex.com · https://www.spacex.com/launches/transporter18
- planet4589.org · https://planet4589.org/space/gcat/tsv/launch/launch.tsv