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Welcome to the r/SpaceX Starlink-19 Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread

I'm u/hitura-nobad, your host for this launch

Mission Details

Liftoff scheduled for	February 16th 3:59 UTC (10:59 PM EST (15 Feb))
Weather	60% GO
Static fire	Done
Payload	60 Starlink Sats V1.0
Payload mass	~15,600 kg (60 sats x ~260 kg each)
Deployment orbit	Low Earth Orbit, ~ 261km x 278km 53°
Operational orbit	Low Earth Orbit, 550 km x 53°
Launch vehicle	Falcon 9 v1.2 Block 5
Core	B1059.6
Flights of this core	5
Launch site	SLC-40
Landing	OCISLY (~663 km downrange)
Mission success criteria	Successful separation & deployment of the Starlink Satellites

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Timeline

Time	Update
[](/# MC // row 0) T+1h 4m	Payload deployed
[](/# MC // row 1) T+46:00	SECO2
[](/# MC // row 2) T+45:58	Second stage relight
[](/# MC // row 3) T+11:06	SECO and norminal orbit insertion
[](/# MC // row 4) T+9:06	Landing failure but at least our wild seagulls survived instead of getting roasted!
[](/# MC // row 5) T+6:50	Reentry shutdown
[](/# MC // row 6) T+6:26	Reentry startup
[](/# MC // row 7) T+3:16	Fairing separation
[](/# MC // row 8) T+3:11	Gridfins deployed
[](/# MC // row 9) T+2:49	Second stage ignition
[](/# MC // row 10) T+2:41	Stage separation
[](/# MC // row 11) T+2:40	MECO
[](/# MC // row 12) T+1:14	Max Q
[](/# MC // row 13) T-0	Liftoff
[](/# MC // row 14) T-39	GO for launch
[](/# MC // row 15) T-60	Startup
[](/# MC // row 16) T-2:44	S1 LOX load completed
[](/# MC // row 17) T-3:38	Strongback retract
[](/# MC // row 18) T-7:31	Weather 80% G0
[](/# MC // row 19) T-12:12	Webcast live
[](/# MC // row 20) T-20:00	20 Minute vent
[](/# MC // row 21) T-22h	Thread live

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Watch the launch live

Stream	Courtesy
SpaceX Webcast	SpaceX
Video and Audio Relays - TBA	u/codav

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Stats

☑️ 108th Falcon 9 launch

☑️ 6th flight of B1059

☑️ 3rd Starlink launch this year

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Resources

🛰️ Starlink Tracking & Viewing Resources 🛰️

Link	Source
Celestrak.com	u/TJKoury
Flight Club Pass Planner	u/theVehicleDestroyer
Heavens Above
n2yo.comt
findstarlink - Pass Predictor and sat tracking	u/cmdr2
SatFlare
See A Satellite Tonight - Starlink	u/modeless
Starlink orbit raising daily updates	u/hitura-nobad
Starlinkfinder.com	u/Astr0Tuna

Social media 🐦

Link	Source
Reddit launch campaign thread	r/SpaceX
Subreddit Twitter	r/SpaceX
SpaceX Twitter	SpaceX
SpaceX Flickr	SpaceX
Elon Twitter	Elon
Reddit stream	u/njr123

Media & music 🎵

Link	Source
TSS Spotify	u/testshotstarfish
SpaceX FM	u/lru

Community content 🌐

Link	Source
Flight Club	u/TheVehicleDestroyer
Discord SpaceX lobby	u/SwGustav
Rocket Watch	u/MarcysVonEylau
SpaceX Now	u/bradleyjh
SpaceX time machine	u/DUKE546
SpaceXMeetups Slack	u/CAM-Gerlach
Starlink Deployment Updates	u/hitura-nobad
SpaceXLaunches app	u/linuxfreak23
SpaceX Patch List

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Participate in the discussion!

• First of all, launch threads are party threads! We understand everyone is excited, so we relax the rules in these venues. The most important thing is that everyone enjoy themselves
• Please constrain the launch party to this thread alone. We will remove low effort comments elsewhere!
• Real-time chat on our official Internet Relay Chat (IRC) #SpaceX on Snoonet
• Please post small launch updates, discussions, and questions here, rather than as a separate post. Thanks!
• Wanna talk about other SpaceX stuff in a more relaxed atmosphere? Head over to r/SpaceXLounge

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