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Livestream: https://youtu.be/JKf45ATgATc
Launch window: Sunday, March 14, 6:01 AM EDT / 10:01 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L21%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2014%20Mar%20Launch.pdf?ver=vZeyABkN77yPXeZ-7ct7PA%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1051.9 (prior launches: DEMO-1, Radarsat, Starlink-L3, Starlink-L6, Starlink-L9, Starlink-L13, SXM-7, Starlink-L16)
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Fairings: "Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the Transporter-1 mission."
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); 261 x 278 km(?) @ ~53°
TLE: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-V1.0-21.txt
>https://www.starlink.com
>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
>https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/see-a-rocket-launch#LaunchViewingTips
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Stats: 8th orbital SpaceX launch of 2021, 110th F9 launch, 70th landing, 53rd core reuse.
Livestream: https://youtu.be/JKf45ATgATc
Launch window: Sunday, March 14, 6:01 AM EDT / 10:01 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L21%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2014%20Mar%20Launch.pdf?ver=vZeyABkN77yPXeZ-7ct7PA%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1051.9 (prior launches: DEMO-1, Radarsat, Starlink-L3, Starlink-L6, Starlink-L9, Starlink-L13, SXM-7, Starlink-L16)
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
Fairings: "Falcon 9’s fairing previously flew on the Transporter-1 mission."
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); 261 x 278 km(?) @ ~53°
TLE: https://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-V1.0-21.txt
>https://www.starlink.com
>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
>https://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/launches-and-events/events-calendar/see-a-rocket-launch#LaunchViewingTips
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX
Stats: 8th orbital SpaceX launch of 2021, 110th F9 launch, 70th landing, 53rd core reuse.
