PUNCH transported to launch pad!

The Falcon 9 fairing containing the PUNCH spacecraft captured from the Surf Beach station west of VSFB by a passenger on the morning Amtrak train.

In the predawn hours of March 4, the PUNCH spacecraft – now encapsulated in a 43-foot-tall Falcon 9 fairing – were transported across Vandenberg Space Force Base to the SpaceX hangar and pad failiities at Space Launch Center 4, on the south side of the base. The moment was captured by a passenger on the morning Amtrak train from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles, visible through the tinted window of a passenger car as the train paused at the Surf Beach station west of VSFB.

As of March 5, 2025, PUNCH is scheduled for a launch “No Earlier Than" Friday, March 7, 2025 out of VSFB.