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SpaceX set to launch rocket next Saturday
CAPE CANAVERAL — 
Another rocket launch is a week away.
SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket next Saturday. The rocket will be carrying six communications satellites for Orbcomm, a New Jersey-based company. The satellites are small, and they provide two-way data messaging services.
The window for next Saturday’s launch is between 9:39 a.m. and 10:33 a.m.
A Falcon 9 rocket, which is similar to the one launched two weeks ago, will be blasting off from pad No. 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
Just like the previous launch, the Falcon 9 rocket will have launch legs to land the first stage rocket off Brevard County’s coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX is still trying to gather more information on the last splashdown in the Atlantic. Last week, SpaceX released a grainy video feed of the touchdown in the ocean.
SpaceX tried to clean up the images, but it didn’t have much luck. A video has been posted to the company’s website hoping the public can help out.
“Try to crowd source — see if people out there can actually make it look even better because I know there are people out there that are really good at fixing video streams,” said Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX.
Musk hopes the rocket legs will allow SpaceX to land the rocket on land at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by the end of the year — a move that could save the company millions of dollars by making the rocket reusable.
On Friday, SpaceX successfully launched and landed its prototype rocket in Texas.
Just like the previous launch, the Falcon 9 rocket will have launch legs to land the first stage rocket off Brevard County’s coast in the Atlantic Ocean.
