Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L14

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Livestream: https://youtu.be/2gbVgTxLgN0
Launch: Thursday October 22 12:14 PM EDT / 16:14 UTC

Probability of violating weather constraints: 50% (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink%20L-14%20L-1%20Forecast-%2022%20OCT%20Launch.pdf?ver=PJKBVCIDNwzReoNd7STd_g%3d%3d)
Backup launch: Friday October 23 11:53 AM EDT / 15:53 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1060.3 (prior launches: GPS III SV03, Starlink-L11)
Launch pad: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Fairings: ?
Fairing recovery: On fairing recovery vessels "Ms. Chief" & "Ms. Tree"
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-15.txt
>https://www.starlink.com
>https://www.spacex.com/launches/index.html
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/starlink-v1-0.htm

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 63rd landed first stage, 44th re-flight of a first stage, and 96th Falcon 9 launch. It is the 18th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.