Falcon Heavy, Falcon 9 rockets scheduled for liftoff

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX on Monday will look for a spectacular double-dip of rocket launches.

With a Falcon Heavy rocket scheduled to send a secret mission into space at 8:14 p.m. Monday from Kennedy Space Center, the company has now confirmed that it will also attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station just hours later.

SpaceX is hoping the Falcon 9 will launch 23 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit during a window from 11:05 p.m. Monday to 3 a.m. Tuesday.

SpaceX said this will mark the third flight for the first-stage booster supporting the mission, which previously launched the Crew-7 and CRS-29 missions.

Following stage separation, the booster will attempt to land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Both SpaceX rocket launches will be livestreamed on ClickOrlando.com and you can watch them here.

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