Hawthorne-based SpaceX is cleared for its third launch of the year and its second back-to-back trip from the historic Kennedy Space Center pad in Florida.

The Federal Aviation Administration granted approval Wednesday for a Falcon 9 rocket to deliver nearly 3 tons of communication satellites into orbit. The launch is tentatively set for March 12 but could go sooner.

This comes after a successful Feb. 19 launch to the International Space Station for NASA. It was SpaceX’s first trip from Launch Complex 39A, home of the Apollo and space shuttle missions.

The company hopes to lift off every two weeks through the rest of the year, which means this trip could take place early next week.

“SpaceX is authorized to conduct a flight of the (Falcon 9 Version 1.2) launch vehicle,” the FAA license states. “Transporting the EchoStar-23 satellite to a geosynchronous transfer orbit.”

The satellite will enhance television access across Brazil.

However, SpaceX won’t try to recover the Falcon 9 rocket booster after this launch, as it did after the prior launch.

The company has plans for another West Coast launch in mid-June. Its first launch of 2017 was from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc and the rocket booster returned to an unmanned drone ship at sea off San Diego. It was towed to a dock in San Pedro, where it remained for days until its journey back to SpaceX in Hawthorne,

On Friday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced grandiose plans to fly two unnamed private citizens on a trip circumnavigating the moon next year.