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H-2A Flight 2 launch timeline
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Posted: February 1, 2002

Event Time (h:mm:ss)

LIFTOFF! (with Main Engine and Solid Rocket Boosters firing) T+0:00:00

Solid Strap-on Booster (SSB) 1st pair Ignition T+0:00:10

Solid Strap-on Booster (SSB) 1st pair Burnout T+0:01:10

Solid Strap-on Booster (SSB) 2nd pair Ignition T+0:01:16

Solid Rocket Booster Burnout T+0:01:40

Solid Rocket Booster Separation T+0:01:50

Solid Strap-on Booster (SSB) 1st pair Separation T+0:01:51

Solid Strap-on Booster (SSB) 2nd pair Burnout T+0:02:16

Solid Strap-on Booster (SSB) 2nd pair Separation T+0:02:24

Upper Fairing Separation T+0:04:05

First Stage Main Engine Cutoff T+0:06:30

First/Second Stage Separation T+0:06:38

Second Stage Engine Ignition 1 T+0:06:44

Second Stage Engine Cutoff 1 T+0:12:19

Second Stage Engine Ignition 2 T+0:24:36

Second Stage Engine Cutoff 2 T+0:27:28

DASH Payload Separation T+0:30:18

Lower Fairing Separation T+0:40:55

MDS-1 Payload Separation T+0:46:40

Second Stage Engine Ignition 3 T+1:40:20

Second Stage Engine Cutoff 3 T+1:40:56

Data source: NASDA.

Flight data file
Vehicle: H-2A
Payload: MDS-1 & DASH
Launch date: Feb. 3, 2002
Launch time: 0232-0348 GMT (9:32-10:48 p.m. EST on Feb. 2)
Launch site: Tanegashima, Japan

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