Lunchtime liftoff: SpaceX set for 2nd rocket launch Wednesday
SpaceX is keeping extra busy Wednesday as crews prepare to launch a second Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast.
This mission will send 27 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit.
The satellites will continue to grow Starlink's global internet network.
Liftoff is scheduled for 12:39 p.m. at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
SpaceX worked early Wednesday morning to get its first assignment of the day off the ground.
The company's Axiom-4 mission took flight at 2:31 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center, sending a crew of four astronauts toward the International Space Station.
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