California, Oct. 1 -- Elon Musk headed SpaceX on Thursday (local time) successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket carrying 130 payloads to low-Earth orbit as part of its dedicated smallsat rideshare mission, 'Transporter-18', from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Following stage separation, the Falcon 9 first-stage booster successfully touched down on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base. This marked the 25th flight for this particular booster, which had previously supported critical missions including USSF-62, NROL-145, OneWeb Launch 20, and 21 Starlink missions.

According to SpaceX, the Transporter-18 rideshare mission deployed an assortment of commercial and government payloads, comprising cubesats, micro...