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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 21, 2012


DATE/EASTERN...DD...HH...MM...SS...EVENT

03:44:38 AM...00...00...00...00...Launch
03:46:02 AM...00...00...01...24...Maximum aerodynamic pressure (MAX Q)
03:47:38 AM...00...00...03...00...First stage engine shutdown (MECO)
03:47:42 AM...00...00...03...04...Stage 1/2 separation
03:47:50 AM...00...00...03...12...Stage 2 engine start
03:48:30 AM...00...00...03...52...Nose cone jettison
03:53:52 AM...00...00...09...14...Stage 2 engine shutdown (SECO)
03:54:27 AM...00...00...09...49...Dragon separation
03:55:56 AM...00...00...11...18...Solar array deploy sequence start
04:55:02 AM...00...01...10...24...Coelliptic brn
09:28:59 AM...00...05...44...21...PHA1
10:15:05 AM...00...06...30...27...PCE1
07:12:49 PM...00...15...28...11...HA1
07:58:52 PM...00...16...14...14...CE1

05/24/12
03:02:51 AM...01...23...18...13...HA2-flyby burn
03:49:02 AM...02...00...04...24...CE2-flyby burn
04:39:02 AM...02...00...54...24...Range: 28 km
06:29:08 AM...02...02...44...30...Rbar Crossing
07:08:23 AM...02...03...23...45...DHA
07:54:35 AM...02...04...09...57...DCE
10:31:54 AM...02...06...47...16...FHA1
11:18:09 AM...02...07...33...31...FCE1
03:12:39 PM...02...11...28...01...FHA2
03:59:00 PM...02...12...14...22...FCE2
08:13:08 PM...02...16...28...30...RHA1
08:59:24 PM...02...17...14...46...RCE1
10:35:38 PM...02...18...51...00...RHA2
11:21:48 PM...02...19...37...10...RCE2

05/25/12
12:46:31 AM...02...21...01...53...HA2
01:32:43 AM...02...21...48...05...CE2
02:22:43 AM...02...22...38...05...Range: 28 km
03:04:23 AM...02...23...19...45...HA3
03:21:03 AM...02...23...36...25...HA3-MC1
03:37:43 AM...02...23...53...05...HA3-MC2
03:50:38 AM...03...00...06...00...CE3
04:18:58 AM...03...00...34...20...Approach initiation (HA4) burn
04:35:38 AM...03...00...51...00...HA4-MC1 burn
04:52:18 AM...03...01...07...40...HA4-MC2 burn
05:13:58 AM...03...01...29...20...Range: 350 meters; yaw 180 degrees
05:18:58 AM...03...01...34...20...Resume approach
05:28:58 AM...03...01...44...20...Range: 250 meters
05:43:58 AM...03...01...59...20...Resume approach; begin retreat/hold demos
06:08:58 AM...03...02...24...20...Hold at 220m (evaluate retreat/hold demoss)
06:23:58 AM...03...02...39...20...Resume approach inside keep-out sphere (KOS)
07:13:06 AM...03...03...28...28...Sunrise
07:13:58 AM...03...03...29...20...Range: 30 meters
07:28:43 AM...03...03...44...05...Resume approach
07:48:43 AM...03...04...04...05...Capture point arrival
07:58:43 AM...03...04...14...05...Go' for capture
08:06:43 AM...03...04...22...05...Capture
08:10:24 AM...03...04...25...46...Sunset
08:45:38 AM...03...05...01...00...Sunrise
09:00:38 AM...03...05...16...00...Latest go for capture
09:10:38 AM...03...05...26...00...Latest CP arrival
09:25:38 AM...03...05...41...00...Earliest go For capture
09:30:38 AM...03...05...46...00...Earliest CP arrival
09:42:58 AM...03...05...58...20...Sunset
10:18:10 AM...03...06...33...32...Sunrise

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