SHARE: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off March 30, 2026, from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., with the Transporter-16 rideshare mission. Photo: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Monday successfully lifted off carrying 119 payloads into low-Earth orbit (LEO), including three small satellites developed by competitors under the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) MagQuest program driving new ways to collect data on Earth’s magnetic field in support of the World Magnetic Model (WMM). The Transporter-16 rideshare mission launched at 4:02 PDT from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., and was the 12th flight for the first stage booster, which successfully landed on SpaceX’s… Subscriber-only content. Please log in below. Email or Username