H-2A Flight 3 launch timeline
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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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