A SpaceX rocket launch scheduled for Saturday night from Santa Barbara County could produce sonic booms heard through much of Southern California. The Falcon 9 launch is scheduled to take place around 10:13 p.

Last week, the California Coastal Commission rejected a plan for SpaceX to launch up to 50 rockets this year at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The company responded yesterday with a lawsuit,

A commission denied a request to increase the number of rocket launches on the state’s central coast, citing environmental concerns.

The suit, filed Tuesday in California’s central district, marks the billionaire’s latest volley in a long-running feud with the Golden State.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off with Eutelsat satellites from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base at 0513 GMT. "This is the first OneWeb launch of the satellites since the merger," CEO Eva Berneke told Reuters in an interview.

SpaceX is scheduled for another rocket launch Friday night. The space company is set to launch its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink satellites at 7:31 p.m. Thirteen of the satellites will be carrying Direct to Cell capabilities.