Instead, they were identified as sonic booms and atmospheric shockwaves generated by the rocket’s hypersonic ascent and the separation of its upper stages overhead.
Elon Musk’s ongoing rocket launches in Santa Barbara, California, are creating sonic booms ... “Hi @elonmuskthese sonic booms have gotten progressively louder since they started launching the rockets in Santa Barbara,” he wrote.
SpaceX is set to complete its second launch in less than 24 hours on the Space Coast with a national security mission lines up for Tuesday afternoon. A Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off on the NROL-77 mission ... .
Until now ... The shockwaves are not unlike what NASA referred to in a Dec. 3 blog post as "mini-sonic booms" – a reference to the brief, thunder-like noises that occur when a spacecraft, aircraft or space rocks travel faster than the speed of sound.
A sonic boom occurs when an object travels faster than sound, creating a loud explosion-like noise that often alarms the public, prompting quick clarification from the Air Force....
ORLANDO, Fla. — If you need a reminder to turn your clocks back at 2 a.m. Sunday, maybe the boom you might hear less than an hour before could assist ... .
... than sound without making that deafening boom ... The reason we don’t have planes like the Concorde anymore is that the sonic booms were so disruptive, they were only allowed to fly over the ocean.
Sonic booms from a descending SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster should rattle communities near the Cape during early morning hours Sunday, Nov. 2. SpaceX's Bandwagon-4 launch window extends from 1.00 a.m ... Expect sonic booms roughly eight minutes later ...
In a successful first flight over the Southern California desert, the agency’s experimental X-59 aircraft demonstrated that breaking the sound barrier does not have to come with the signature explosive sonic boom ... speed without disturbance ... .
21 to work with researchers on monitoring SpaceX launches.Ojai is the first city in the county to monitor sonic booms, according to officials from Ventura County cities. Those loud sonic booms from ...