Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L22

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did you really expect it wouldn't be a Starlink launch? edition

Livestream: https://youtu.be/a15czI9B91c
Launch window: Wednesday, March 24, 4:28 AM EDT / 8:28 UTC (instantaneous)

Backup launch window: Thursday, March 25, 4:06 AM EDT / 8:06 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 10% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L22%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2024%20MAR%20Launch.pdf?ver=2pZmC3ORLiCzNdQGq3PqvQ%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1060.6 (prior launches: GPS III SV03, Starlink-L11, Starlink-L14, Turksat 5A, Starlink-L18)
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing supported the Sentinel-6A mission and the other supported a previous Starlink 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-V1.0-22.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: 9th orbital SpaceX launch of 2021, 111th F9 launch, 71st landing, 54th core reuse.