Falcon 9 SpaceX launches more than a hundred payloads on Falcon 9 mission from Vandenberg November 11, 2023 Will Robinson-Smith A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on a rideshare mission to low Earth orbit with a multitude of small payloads. The Transporter-9 mission lifted off into a clear blue sky at 10:49 a.m. PST (18:49 UTC).