SpaceX is planning an early morning launch next week from Kennedy Space Center.
The company announced Thursday that it was targeting Tuesday, March 14 for the Falcon 9 rocket launch.
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The rocket will carry the Echostar 23 communications satellite into space.
The satellite beams video programming to places in Brazil.
SpaceX made the announcement after a successful static fire test at Kennedy Space Center.
This will be the second SpaceX launch on historic Launch Pad 39a. The first was last month, in a mission to the ISS.
Static fire of Falcon 9 just completed. Targeting EchoStar XXIII launch from @NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Mar. 14, early morning EDT. pic.twitter.com/g8moLfwfnP
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 9, 2017