SpaceX set for back-to-back rocket launches Friday from Florida’s Space Coast

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — SpaceX has scheduled two back-to-back rocket launches from Florida’s Space Coast on Friday.

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Officials said the two Falcon 9 rocket launches will possibly only be minutes apart.

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The first launch is set for 4:21 p.m., and will carry two internet satellites for a company in Luxembourg.

The second launch will be just 18 minutes later and will fly another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit.

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Both launches will lift off from separate launch pads at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

If the launches begin on time, Channel 9 will have live coverage of both launches on Eyewitness News.

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