Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L15

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scorched booster edition

Livestream: https://youtu.be/J442-ti-Dhg
Launch window: Tuesday, November 24 9:13 PM EST / 02:13 UTC (instantaneous)

Probability of violating weather constraints: 20% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink%20L-15%20L-0%20Forecast-%2024%20NOV%20Launch.pdf?ver=CxOLVXoajPiNQTEndSzyAw%3d%3d)
Backup launch window: ?
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1049.7 (prior launches: Starlink-L10, Starlink-L7, Starlink-L2, Starlink V0.9, Iridium-8, Telstar 18V)
Launch pad: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Fairings: One half used 1X, other half used 2X
Fairing recovery: On fairing recovery vessel 'Ms. Chief'
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’
Payload: 60 Starlink satellites
Payload mass & deployment orbit: ~15,600 kg (~260 kg / Starlink sat); 210 x 366 km @ ~53°
TLE: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-16.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

Stats:
>67th booster landing
>23rd Falcon 9 launch of the year (22nd orbital launch)
>100th F9 launch!
>45th re-flight of a 1st stage booster
>most-flown F9 booster ever (x6)
This is the 2nd launch attempt, after bad recovery weather scrubbed the attempt on Sunday.