[SCRUB] 🚀 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Starlink 12-17

SpaceX launch of a batch of Starlink v2-mini satellites for their second generation high-speed low earth orbit internet satellite constellation. Includes a mix of 13 Direct to Cell and 8 normal v2-mini satellites.

Window Opens: April 10th at 9:43PM EDT (01:43 UTC on the 11th)
Window Closes: April 11th at 1:43AM EDT (05:43 UTC)
Subwindow #1: 9:54:40-9:55:19PM EDT (01:54:40-01:55:19 UTC on the 11th)
Subwindow #2: 1:24:20-1:26:29AM EDT (05:24:20-05:26:29 UTC)
Subwindow #3: 1:40:10-1:40:29AM EDT (05:40:10-05:40:29 UTC)

Mission: F9 launch of 8 Starlink v2 Mini and 13 Starlink Direct to Cell satellites
Launch location: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Earth.
Target orbit: Low-Earth Orbit (LEO); 284x292km 43º orbit
Booster: B1083-10; 43d 5h 7min 50s turnaround
Booster history: Crew-8, SL 6-48, SL 6-56, Polaris Dawn, CRS-31, SL 6-65, Astranis From One to Many, SL 13-1, IM-2.
Booster recovery: A Shortfall Of Gravitas (ASOG)
Fairing recovery: Doug
Rocket trajectory: Southeast passing northeast of the Bahamas
Payload mass: Approximately 15 tonnes
Stubby nozzle: NO (thankfully)
Stats:
· SpaceX's 43rd launch of the year and 5th launch of the month
· Falcon 105th launch since the last failure, F9's 456th orbital flight.
· SpaceX's 107th launch from LC-39A.
· 104th landing on ASOG out of 105 attempts.
· 89th successful landing by a Falcon booster since the last failed one.
· 247th launch dedicated to Starlink

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[joshuaboulee]

Thanks for being up and ready! By the time I saw the stream it already had a total length so I had a pretty good guess as to how it went, but it was still nice to listen in and feel like I had some company while working tonight!

[DurairajS-yi]

Just to know boys' I'm here again to watch the scrub