Sonic Booms near Lancaster, CA

Since early 2026, we have detected 13 sonic boom events near Lancaster, CA: 9 confirmed and 4 suspected. These detections are identified by analyzing real-time web traffic spikes on a popular earthquake information website.

13 Events Detected

A traffic spike was detected near Vandenberg and Lompoc at 4:52 PM PDT on April 2, inside a SpaceX launch window that...

Ventura County, CA — Transporter-16

SpaceX launched the Transporter-16 rideshare mission from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at 4:02 AM PDT on March 30. The...

Ventura County, CA — Starlink 17-17

SpaceX launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at 4:03 PM PDT on March 26. Booster B1081, on its...

February 18, 2026

Santa Maria, CA

A strong traffic spike was detected near Santa Maria on the morning of February 18. A SpaceX Starlink 17-25 launch from...

February 15, 2026

Vandenberg, CA — Starlink 17-13 (600th Falcon 9)

SpaceX's 600th Falcon 9 mission launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at 5:59 PM PST on February...

February 11, 2026

Vandenberg, CA — Starlink 17-34

SpaceX launched 24 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at 9:11 AM PST on February 11. Booster B1100, on...

January 15, 2026

SpaceX Crew-11 Dragon Re-entry

NASA's Crew-11 Dragon capsule made an early return from the ISS after one of its four astronauts required urgent...

Newbury Park, CA — Starlink 17-23

SpaceX launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB at 2:10 AM PST on March 1. Booster B1082, on its 20th...

Vandenberg, CA — Starlink 17-18

SpaceX launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at 4:00 AM PDT on March 8. Booster B1097, on its...

Santa Paula, CA — Starlink 17-24

SpaceX launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at 10:19 PM PDT on March 16. Booster B1088, on its...

Ventura, CA — Starlink 17-31

SpaceX launched 25 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg SFB's SLC-4E at approximately 7:58 AM PDT on March 13. Veteran...

Los Angeles, CA

A traffic spike was detected in the Los Angeles area on the evening of March 2. No SpaceX Vandenberg launch occurred...

An extremely strong traffic spike was detected across the Las Vegas Valley at 1:24 PM PDT on March 12, one of the...