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SpaceX is set to complete its second launch in less than 24 hours on the Space Coast with a national security mission lines up for Tuesday afternoon.

A Falcon 9 rocket is set to lift off on the NROL-77 mission with a classified satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 2:16 p.m. with backup Dec. 10 at 2:02 p.m.

This will be the fourth launch of the first-stage booster that will aim for a recovery at Canaveral’s Landing Zone 2, which means Central Florida could experience one or more sonic booms.

This is the 3rd national security launch for SpaceX in 2025. The mission patch is a flying squirrel, “a symbol of hard work and endurance — always active gathering foundation

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