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H-2A Flight 3 launch timeline
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: September 8, 2002

Event Time (mm:ss)

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

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

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

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

Solid Rocket Booster Burnout T+01:40

Solid Rocket Booster Separation T+01:50

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

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

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

Upper Fairing Separation T+04:10

First Stage Main Engine Cutoff T+06:28

First/Second Stage Separation T+06:36

Second Stage Engine Ignition 1 T+06:42

Second Stage Engine Cutoff 1 T+12:58

USERS Deployment (450x450 km orbit) T+13:48

Lower Fairing Separation T+16:18

Second Stage Engine Ignition 2 T+26:17

Second Stage Engine Cutoff 2 T+28:42

DRTS Deployment (36,206x450 km orbit) T+29:18

Data source: NASDA

Flight data file
Vehicle: H-2A
Payload: DRTS & USERS
Launch date: Sept. 10, 2002
Launch time: 0820-0850 GMT (4:20-4:50 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Tanegashima, Japan

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