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SpaceX is aiming to launch three rockets on Sunday, including two consecutive Falcon 9 launches in Florida and a Starship test flight in Texas, weather permitting.
The aerospace company said it intends to launch its twelfth Starlink mission at 10:12 a.m. EST from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending 60 Starlinks into orbit.
Falcon 9’s second launch is scheduled to occur nine hours and six minutes later, taking off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:18 pm and sending a SAOCOM 1B spacecraft into orbit.
Both the Starlink and SAOCOM 1B releases will be streamed live.
It is very likely that something will slip, but yes, Sunday is intense
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2020
Separately, SpaceX is also reportedly aiming to launch Starship SN6 from Boca Chica, Texas, for a low altitude test flight. In early August, SpaceX founder Elon Musk tweeted that the company plans to do “several short jumps to smooth out the launch process, then go high with flaps.”
Although it is unclear what time the launch will occur in Texas, if it continues, Cameron County in Texas has announced road closures between 8 am and 8 pm CST “due to anticipated test launch activities for SpaceX.”
On Friday, Musk acknowledged efforts for the multiple pitches on Twitter, saying there was “a good chance that something will come off, but, yeah, Sunday is intense.
This article was originally published by Business Insider.
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