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The Mission

		Rocket: Falcon 9 Payload: Dragon C2+ Launch Date: May 22, 2012 Launch Time: 0744 GMT (3:44 a.m. EDT) ISS Grapple: May 25, 2012 @ 1356 GMT (9:56 a.m. EDT) ISS Departure: May 31, 2012 @ 0935 GMT (5:35 a.m. EDT) Splashdown: May 31, 2012 @ 1542 GMT (11:42 a.m. EDT) Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida Landing Site: Pacific Ocean Mission Status Center Rendezvous photos Countdown timeline Launch timeline Flight day one timeline Rendezvous timeline Engine static fire Wet dress rehearsal Falcon on the pad Dragon's new systems Dragon processing Dragon background info Falcon archive

Dragon C2+ Timeline
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: May 31, 2012


05/31/12
12:35 AM...Dragon vestibule demate
12:50 AM...IPCU deactivation
01:35 AM...Dragon vestibule depressurization
04:05 AM...Station robot arm (SSRMS) detaches Dragon from Harmony nadir port
06:10 AM...SSRMS releases Dragon
06:11 AM...Departure burn No. 1
06:13 AM...Departure burn No. 2
06:20 AM...Departure burn No. 3
07:06 AM...Apogee reduction burn
07:07 AM...Unlatch/close/latch GNC cover
10:51 AM...Deorbit ignition
11:09 AM...Trunk jettison
11:28 AM...GPS blackout
11:35 AM...Drogue chute deploy
11:36 AM...Main chute deploy
11:44 AM...Splashdown

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