CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — In a rare double launch day, the United Launch Alliance is going to send up nearly 30 Project Kuiper satellites on Thursday morning.

ULA will be sending up its Atlas V 551 rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, stated the Colorado-based company .

The 29-minute launch window opens at 8:09 a.m. ET, which falls near the tail end of SpaceX’s launch window . It is a rare double launch day for the Space Coast.

The launch forecast is looking favorable.

“The forecast from the U.S. Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45 weather squadron for Thursday morning's launch of Atlas V indicates a 95 percent chance of acceptable conditions,” stated ULA.

The Atlas V 551 rocket’s first-stage booster does not land on a droneship or

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