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SCRUBS ALL AROUND edition

Livestream: https://youtu.be/P-gLOsDjE3E
Launch: Sunday August 30 7:18 PM EDT / 23:18 UTC
Probability of violating weather constraints: 60% (https://www.patrick.af.mil/Portals/14/Weather/Falcon%209%20SAOCOM-1B%20L-0%20Forecast%2030%20Aug%20Launch.pdf?ver=xTLjpYw5hc4fhK1dRN8mag%3d%3d))
Backup launch: Monday August 31 7:19 PM EDT / 23:19 UTC
Launch vehicle: SpaceX Falcon 9 with first stage B1059.4 (prior launches: CRS-19, CRS-20, Starlink-L9)
Launch pad: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA
Fairings: New?
Fairing recovery: Probable
First stage landing: At CCAFS Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1)
Payload: SAOCOM 1B & Tyvak-0172 + PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1
Payload mass & destination orbit: ~3,000kg; SSO, 620 km @ 97.89°
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saocom-1.htm
>https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/gnomes-1.htm
>https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/08/spacex-polar-cape-50-years/

Launch viewing guide for Florida: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html
SpaceX twitter: https://twitter.com/SpaceX

This will be the 59th landed first stage, 40th re-flight of a first stage, and 92nd Falcon 9 launch. It is the 14th SpaceX orbital launch of 2020.
This mission marks SpaceX’s first launch to a polar orbit from the East Coast, and the first polar launch from Florida in decades.