Launch Thread: SpaceX Falcon 9 - Starlink-L25
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Perhaps overshadowed by a certain other rocket today edition
Livestream: https://youtu.be/xpl_JnG7rcg
Launch window: Tuesday, May 4 3:01 PM EDT / 19:01 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 20% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L25%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%204%20May%20Launch.pdf?ver=Y7fJIE4cU8a_FT4LXdrlKg%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1049.9 (prior launches: Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Iridium-8, Starlink-V0.9, Starlink-L2, Starlink-L7, Starlink-L10, Starlink-L15, Starlink-L17)
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship 'Of Course I Still Love You'
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported two Starlink missions."
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-V1.0-25.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
>115th Falcon 9 flight, 75th landing, 58th reflight of a 1st stage booster
>13th SpaceX orbital launch of 2021
Livestream: https://youtu.be/xpl_JnG7rcg
Launch window: Tuesday, May 4 3:01 PM EDT / 19:01 UTC (instantaneous)
Probability of violating weather constraints: 20% (https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink-L25%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%204%20May%20Launch.pdf?ver=Y7fJIE4cU8a_FT4LXdrlKg%3d%3d)
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1049.9 (prior launches: Telstar 18 VANTAGE, Iridium-8, Starlink-V0.9, Starlink-L2, Starlink-L7, Starlink-L10, Starlink-L15, Starlink-L17)
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida
First stage landing: On autonomous spaceport droneship 'Of Course I Still Love You'
Fairings: "One half of Falcon 9’s fairing previously supported two Starlink missions."
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-V1.0-25.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
>115th Falcon 9 flight, 75th landing, 58th reflight of a 1st stage booster
>13th SpaceX orbital launch of 2021
