SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Thread - CRS-17

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FINALS WEEK edition

WHEN: Friday, May 3 3:11 a.m. EDT / 7:11 UTC (instantaneous window)
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKoGHJppW7c
Probability of weather delay: 60% (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/L-1%20Forecast%203%20May%2019%20Launch.pdf?ver=2019-05-01-105537-050)
Backup launch date: Saturday, May 4 2:48 a.m. EDT / 6:48 UTC

~ Primary Mission ~
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (East Coast)
Booster number: 1056.1
Dragon number & previous flights: C113.2 [CRS-12]
Payload: Crew Dragon
Payload mass & destination orbit: >2495kg of supplies onboard Cargo Dragon; ~400 km @ 52°
Arrival at the ISS: Sunday, May 5
Berthing Location: Nadir port on Harmony module
SpaceX press kit: https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/crs-17_press_kit.pdf
Payload information:
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmvY8ZmN0Ic
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2019/05/spacex-falcon-9-dragons-crs-17-mission-iss/
>https://www.issnationallab.org/press-releases/spacex-crs-17-mission-overview/

~ Secondary Mission ~
First stage landing: Yes, on autonomous droneship Of Course I Still Love You

Stay in the loop:
https://twitter.com/SpaceX
https://twitter.com/elonmusk
https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacex/
https://www.spacex.com

Stats:
This will be the 39th landed first stage, 21st re-flown booster, and the 70th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 5th SpaceX launch of 2019.