Launch Thread - SpaceX Falcon 9: Starlink 4-12

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ye olde B1051 edition

Launch Time: Friday, March 18 11:23 p.m. ET, or 3:23 UTC (instantaneous launch window)
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0giA6VZOICs

Weather Forecast: 70% GO https://www.patrick.spaceforce.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20Starlink%204-12%20L-0%20Forecast%20-%2019%20March%20Launch.pdf?ver=zc4dIpNs9566zFdHbgjTMQ%3d%3d
Launch Site: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Landing Site: Droneship “Just Read the Instructions”
Booster: B1051.12 (Prior missions: DM-1, RADARSAT, SXM-7, Starlink X8)
Payload: 54 Starlink satellites
Payload mass & deployment orbit: ~14,500 kg, ~317 x 304 km @ 53.22º
>https://www.spacex.com/launches/
TLE: https://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/supplemental/starlink-g4-12.txt

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

Stats: 11th SpaceX launch of 2022, 144th F9 launch, 104th first-stage F9 landing, 84th reflown F9 first stage booster. This will be the booster with the highest flight count out of the whole F9 fleet!
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