SpaceX launched the Transporter-18 rideshare mission on 1 October 2026 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
A Falcon 9 rocket carried 130 payloads to low Earth orbit, including cubesats, microsats, hosted payloads and orbital transfer vehicles. The first-stage booster completed its 25th flight and landed at Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.
Transporter-18 was a dedicated smallsat rideshare flight. SpaceX has now launched more than 1,800 payloads across its Rideshare program.
The mission was one of three Falcon launches SpaceX conducted on 1 October.
Source: SpaceX launch information.
