Launch Thread - SpaceX Falcon 9: Turksat 5B

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F*lcon 9 edition

Launch Time: Saturday December 18 10:58 p.m. EST / 3:58 UTC (90 minute window)
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBGjE9_aosc

Weather Forecast: 80% GO https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Turksat-5B%20L-1%20Forecast%20-%2018%20Dec%20Launch.pdf?ver=1ugyxHoaDgJ_PfH5maLQ-Q%3d%3d
Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Landing Site: Droneship “A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship”
Booster: B1067.3 (Prior missions: CRS-22, Crew-3.)
Fairings: Flew on GPS III Space Vehicle 05
Payload: Turksat 5B, 4,500 kg, GTO
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/turksat-5b.htm
>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: 30th SpaceX launch of 2021, 132nd F9 launch, 92nd landing, 74th reflown booster.