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		Mission: Expedition 9 Spacecraft: Soyuz TMA-4 Launch: April 19, 2004 Time: 0318:47 GMT (11:18:47 p.m. EDT on 18th) Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan Satellite feed: AMC 9, Transponder 9, C-band Launch events timeline Flight Day 1 schedule Flight Day 2 schedule Flight Day 3 schedule Expedition 9 science plan European DELTA mission

Soyuz launch timeline
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Posted: April 16, 2004

Event Time (m:ss)

LIFTOFF T+0:00

Booster velocity is 1,640 ft/sec T+1:10

Bail-out thruster jettison T+1:54

Strap-on boosters separate T+1:58

Booster velocity is 4,921 ft/sec T+2:00

Escape tower and launch shroud jettison T+2:37

Core booster separates and third stage ignites T+4:58

Velocity is 19,685 ft/sec T+7:30

Third stage engine shutdown and separation of Soyuz capsule T+9:00

Data source: NASA

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