---
title: "SpaceX Announces Plans For a “Weekend Doubleheader” With Two Falcon 9 Launches"
description: "Elon Musk confirms the potential for two launches within 48 hours."
date: "2017-06-19"
modified: "2017-06-19"
authors:
  - name: "Dom Galeon"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/domgaleon.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/spacex-announces-plans-for-a-weekend-doubleheader-with-two-falcon-9-launches"
categories:
  - "Falcon"
  - "Space"
  - "SpaceX"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "falcon 9"
  - "reusable rocket"
  - "SpaceX"
---

# SpaceX Announces Plans For a “Weekend Doubleheader” With Two Falcon 9 Launches

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/falcon-9.png>)
*\<em\>Image: \<a href="https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/falcon-9-fueling-in-progress-for-spacex-crs-11" target="\_blank"\>NASA\</a\>\</em\>*

Those who follow [Elon Musk on Twitter](<https://twitter.com/elonmusk>) have gotten used to the flurry of announcements and musings that often arrive in the wee hours of the night. The [SpaceX](<http://www.spacex.com/>) founder and CEO once again rocked the Twittersphere Sunday when he revealed what could be a first for his space company: a launch doubleheader.

If everything works out, it seems SpaceX plans to launch two Falcon 9 rockets from its Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg launch sites this weekend. Musk included a link to a tweet from [SpaceX's Twitter](<https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/876522478046068737>), which indicated June 25 as the target date for the "weekend doubleheader."

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/876536951418925057

The payload for Sunday's launch will be from telecommunications company [Iridium](<https://www.iridium.com/>), for which [SpaceX previously launched 10 low-Earth orbit satellites in January](<http://www.spacex.com/news/2017/01/14/iridium-1-mission-photos>). Friday will be the [rescheduled launch of a Bulgarian satellite](<https://www.space.com/37237-spacex-rocket-launch-delay-weekend-doubleheader.html>) that was originally supposed to launch today (Monday), but that was delayed so that SpaceX could replace a valve on the rocket booster.

If the weekend doubleheader goes as planned, SpaceX will have more proof that it's capable of handling a significant volume of launches. 2017 isn't even half over, and it's already proving to be [a great year for SpaceX](<https://futurism.com/2017-shaping-up-spacexs-best-year-yet.md>).

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- [SpaceX’s Weekend Doubleheader Off to Great Start With Successful Opening](<https://futurism.com/spacexs-weekend-doubleheader-off-to-great-start-with-successful-opening.md>)
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- [SpaceX COO Claims the Company Will Produce 20 Rockets in 2017](<https://futurism.com/spacex-coo-claims-the-company-will-produce-20-rockets-in-2017.md>)