SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County Saturday night and the company had warned that residents in the region could hear a sonic boom or two upon the rocket’s landing.
Falcon 9 , described by the aerospace giant as the world’s first orbital class reusable rocket, was scheduled to launch from the U.S. Air Force base at 10:13 p.m. PST and carry the OneWeb Launch 20 Mission into low-Earth orbit. After departing from Space Launch Complex 4 East , the rocket was to land on SpaceX’s Landing Zone 4 back at Vandenberg about eight minutes after takeoff.
The rocket blast was live-streamed Saturday night…