Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L23

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Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy9Jn-3vuPs
Launch window: Wednesday, April 7 12:34 PM EDT / 16:34 UTC (instantaneous)

Backup launch window: Thursday, April 8 12:12 PM EDT / 16:12 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: <10% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink%20L-23%20L-1%20Day%20Forecast%20-%207%20Apr%20Launch.pdf?ver=cfiYG4MP-cYZLDmZPk5d5A%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1058.7 (prior launches: DEMO-2, ANASIS-II, Starlink-L12, CRS-21, Transporter-1, Starlink-L20)
Launch pad: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported launch of AMOS-17 and two Starlink missions, and the other previously supported a 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-V1.0-23.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: 10th orbital SpaceX launch of 2021, 112th F9 launch, 72nd landing, 55th core reuse.