Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L12

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Starlink-L(N+1) edition

Livestream: https://youtu.be/8O8Z2yPyTnc
Launch: Thursday September 17 2:19 PM EDT / 18:19 UTC

Probability of violating weather constraints: 30% (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20StarlinkV1_0-L12%20L-0%20Forecast%20-%2017%20SEP%20Launch.pdf?ver=1ePYYhAxVMl3b2EDOckZQw%3d%3d)
Backup launch: Friday September 18 1:57 PM EDT / 17:57 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1058.3 (prior launches: DM-2, ANASIS-II)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Fairings: Used; flew on Starlink-V0.9 & Starlink-L5
Fairing recovery: On fairing recovery vessel "Ms. Chief"
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship “Just Read the Instructions”
Payload: 60 Starlink satellites
Payload mass & destination orbit: ~15,600 kg (~260 kg / Starlink sat); 210 x 366 km @ ~53°
TLE: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-13.txt
>https://www.starlink.com
>https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.html
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/09/spacex-twelfth-launch-starlink-v1-0/

Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX

This will be the 61st landed first stage, 42nd re-flight of a first stage, and 94th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 16th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.