SpaceX Launch Thread - Telstar 19 VANTAGE

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When: Sunday, July 22 at 1:50 a.m. EDT, or 5:50 UTC
Launch Window: Four hours
Where: Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xybp6zLaGx4
Press Kit: http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/telstar19vantagepresskit.pdf
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 block five; core B1047 (first launch of this core)
First Stage Landing?: Yes, on OCISLY, 8:29 after liftoff
Payload Destination: GTO, 63° West
Payload Information: https://www.telesat.com/sites/default/files/telesat/brochures/telesat_satellitebrochure_telstar19v_2.pdf

This is the second block 5 launch overall, and SpaceX's 13th launch of 2018. This launch marks the beginning of 100% block-5 missions going forward.

Current weather forecast: 60% GO https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/documents/Weather/L-1%20Forecast%2022%20Jul%20Launch.pdf?ver=2018-07-20-140338-940


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