Five launches are planned this week at the two space complexes in central Florida, including doubleheaders on Wednesday and Saturday involving three companies.

The missions at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station or Kennedy Space Center would break the record of 93 in one year from Florida's Space Coast. There have already been 91 launches.

The week began early Sunday with SpaceX's launch of 18 ride-share satellites. On Wednesday, Space X and United Launch Alliance are set for missions to deploy satellites. Then Saturday, SpaceX Starlink satellites are scheduled to be deployed as Blue Origin hopes to launch the New Glenn rocket for two satellites to orbit Mars.

First, SpaceX, which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk, is planning to launch 29 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit no earl

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