Launches from Vandenberg, outside Lompoc, and the spiraling exhaust trails they leave behind are often visible across Southern California. Loud booms from Falcon 9's reusable first stage can rattle local windows as the stage angles for a landing on an autonomous barge off the California coast.

SpaceX has begun counting down to the New Year, with the launch of the first of three rockets planned to close out 2024.

SpaceX is hoping to get in two more rocket launches before the year comes to a close − which will bring the record year in Florida to 93 launches. Federal Aviation Administration warnings show two possible launches in the coming days: Another attempt at the Astranis mission and the SpaceX Starlink 12-6 mission.