SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Thread - 2nd Starlink Batch (“Starlink-1”)

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CHOO CHOO edition

WHEN: Monday, November 11 9:56 AM EST / 14:56 UTC
STREAM: https://www.spacex.com/webcast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIDuv0Ta0XQ]
Probability of weather delay: 20% [https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/L-1%20Forecast%2011%20Nov%20Launch.pdf?ver=2019-11-10-112104-457]
Backup launch date: Tuesday, November 12 9:34 AM EST / 14:34 UTC
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (East Coast)
Booster number & previous flights: B1048.4 [Iridium-7, SAOCOM-1A, Nusantara Satu]
Fairing re-use: Yes, from Arabsat-6A
First stage landing: Yes, on autonomous droneship Of Course I Still Love You
Fairing recovery: Yes, for both halves; fairing recovery vessels Ms. Tree and Ms. Chief will each attempt to catch a fairing
SpaceX press kit: https://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/starlink_press_kit_nov2019.pdf
Payload: 60 V1.0 Starlink satellites (no laser links yet)
Payload mass & destination orbit: >15,600 kg; 280 km @ ~53°; satellites will orbit-raise after deployment to 550 km

How to view the Starlink train: https://www.tmahlmann.com/2019/05/how-to-watch-or-photograph-starlink/
TLE's will be available here: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Nov-2019/index.html

Payload information:
>https://www.starlink.com
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
>https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2019/11/02/starlink-is-a-very-big-deal/

Stats:
This will be the 46th landed first stage, 27th booster re-flight, and 75th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 11th SpaceX launch of 2019, and the heaviest Falcon 9 payload to date.
This booster is the first to be re-flown three times, for four flights in total. This is also the first re-flight of a Falcon 9/Heavy fairing.