Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L13
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Livestream: https://youtu.be/UM8CDDAmp98
Launch: Sunday October 18 8:25 AM EDT / 12:25 UTC
Probability of violating weather constraints: 30% (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L13%20L-1%20Forecast-%2018%20Oct%20Launch.pdf?ver=GEh9iA4H9CvTGZdbtwkLtA%3d%3d)
Backup launch: Monday October 19 8:06 AM EDT / 12:06 UTC.
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1051.6 (prior launches: DEMO-1, Radarsat, Starlink-L3, Starlink-L6, Starlink-L9)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Fairings: Used; flew on two prior missions (both halves)
Fairing recovery: On fairing recovery vessels "Ms. Chief" & "Ms. Tree"
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship “Of Course I Still Love You”
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-14.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 62nd landed first stage, 43rd re-flight of a first stage, and 95th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 17th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.
Launch: Sunday October 18 8:25 AM EDT / 12:25 UTC
Probability of violating weather constraints: 30% (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L13%20L-1%20Forecast-%2018%20Oct%20Launch.pdf?ver=GEh9iA4H9CvTGZdbtwkLtA%3d%3d)
Backup launch: Monday October 19 8:06 AM EDT / 12:06 UTC.
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1051.6 (prior launches: DEMO-1, Radarsat, Starlink-L3, Starlink-L6, Starlink-L9)
Launch pad: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Fairings: Used; flew on two prior missions (both halves)
Fairing recovery: On fairing recovery vessels "Ms. Chief" & "Ms. Tree"
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship “Of Course I Still Love You”
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-14.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 62nd landed first stage, 43rd re-flight of a first stage, and 95th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 17th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.
