SpaceX finally completed its practice countdown of the Falcon 9 on Sunday, February 12 after a three-second test firing. The static re-ignition of the Falcon 9 rocket marked the inaugural launch conducted at the historic launch pad L-39A of Apollo 11 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The facility was leased by SpaceX and is being renovated to match the requirement of the Falcon rockets.

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According to Telegiz, SpaceX is bracing up the second launch of the Falcon 9 rocket to send the CRS-10 Dragon Cargo spaceship into space. This crew-less mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will bring equipment and critical supplies to the station. The much-awaited inaugural flight is scheduled for February 18, 2017, and this will also take a new muscle cell experiment designed by high school students to the ISS.

.@SpaceX launch Saturday will be 1st from Pad 39A since shuttle & will deliver 5,500 lbs of cargo to @Space_Station: https://t.co/xaWA0moG63 pic.twitter.com/2A2Dcm4myC

— NASA (@NASA) February 16, 2017

The l-39A launch pad was used to launch the Saturn V rocket back in 1969, which carried the first people who landed on the moon. According to Space, the launch pad has been used for a total of 94 launch exercises composed of 12 Saturn V rockets and 82 shuttles. SpaceX leased the facility in 2014 for 20 years.

SpaceX, which is headed by Elon Musk, has been doing massive renovation and construction work on the facility including the Falcon 9 horizontal integration hangar. In addition, a new transporter erector launcher (TEL) has been put in place for moving the boosters into the launching pad in preparation for the vertical launch.