Neato space telescope edition

Launch Time: Thursday, December 9 1:00 AM EST / 6:00 UTC (90 minute window)
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpmHsN5GUn8

Weather Forecast: 10% no-go https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20IXPE%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%209%20Dec%20Launch.pdf?ver=z4tqKkZ6RKUusuQpTG2GgA%3d%3d
Launch Site: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
Landing Site: Droneship “Just Read the Instructions”
Booster: B1061.5 (Prior missions: Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, CRS-23)
Fairings: Unknown
Payload: IXPE
Mass and Orbit: 325kg; 540-km circular orbit at 0° inclination

>https://ixpe.msfc.nasa.gov
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXPE
>https://www.ball.com/aerospace/programs/ixpe
>The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) exploits the polarization state of light from astrophysical sources to provide insight into our understanding of X-ray production in objects such as neutron stars and pulsar wind nebulae, as well as stellar and supermassive black holes.
>The cost of IXPE will be $188 million, which includes the cost of the launch vehicle and operations and data analysis after launch.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/

Launch Viewing Guide for Florida:
>http://www.launchphotography.com/Launch_Viewing_Guide.html
>https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/viewing.html

Stats: 28th SpaceX launch of 2021, 130th F9 launch, 90th landing, 72nd reflown booster.