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Ascent Timeline and Abort Boundaries
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: February 7, 2009


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MM:SS...THRUST...ALT....ALT mi...MACH.......VELi.......Gs....RANGE (sm)

00:00...100.0...-23.......0.0....0.0........914.4......0.3...0.0
00:10...104.5...749.......0.2....120.7......921.9......1.7...0.0
00:20...104.5...3,838.....0.4....298.0......1,041.9....1.9...0.1
00:30...104.5...8,821.....0.6....482.1......1,183.7....1.8...0.5
00:40...103.0...16,567....0.9....671.0......1,340.6....1.8...1.2
00:50...72.0....25,323....1.1....811.4......1,468.1....1.7...2.2

01:00...104.5...35,392....1.4....971.0......1,612.6....2.0...3.4
01:10...104.5...48,736....1.8....1,226.7....1,845.8....2.3...5.1
01:20...104.5...63,361....2.4....1,534.9....2,150.0....2.5...7.2
01:30...104.5...82,002....2.9....1,922.9....2,547.5....2.5...10.3
01:40...104.5...100,851...3.3....2,295.2....2,930.0....2.5...14.1
01:50...104.5...123,288...3.8....2,708.4....3,352.8....2.3...19.2

02:00...104.5...144,463...3.9....2,936.9....3,592.1....1.1...24.8
02:10...104.5...166,177...4.1....3,035.0....3,701.9....1.0...31.2
02:20...104.5...185,426...4.2....3,147.6....3,826.0....1.0...37.6
02:30...104.5...205,306...4.5....3,288.0....3,978.1....1.0...45.0
02:40...104.5...222,195...5.0....3,428.5....4,127.4....1.1...52.2
02:50...104.5...237,967...5.4....3,581.2....4,286.3....1.1...59.8

03:00...104.5...254,046...5.9....3,761.9....4,473.1....1.1...68.7
03:10...104.5...267,530...6.3....3,937.9....4,652.5....1.1...77.2
03:20...104.5...281,139...6.7....4,143.1....4,861.1....1.2...87.1
03:30...104.5...292,424...7.2....4,340.8....5,060.2....1.2...96.6
03:40...104.5...302,695...7.4....4,548.8....5,269.6....1.2...106.7
03:50...104.5...312,851...7.6....4,789.5....5,510.3....1.3...118.3

04:00...104.5...321,069...7.8....5,017.9....5,738.7....1.3...129.4
04:10...104.5...329,030...8.1....5,279.1....5,999.2....1.3...142.2
04:20...104.5...335,323...8.3....5,527.3....6,246.0....1.4...154.5
04:30...104.5...341,243...8.5....5,813.0....6,529.7....1.4...168.7
04:40...104.5...345,744...8.8....6,083.7....6,798.3....1.4...182.2
04:50...104.5...349,439...9.1....6,366.0....7,078.6....1.5...196.4

05:00...104.5...352,612...9.5....6,689.2....7,399.8....1.5...212.8
05:10...104.5...354,731...9.8....6,996.8....7,704.6....1.6...228.3
05:20...104.5...356,269...10.3...7,349.3....8,054.4....1.7...246.3
05:30...104.5...356,991...10.7...7,684.1....8,386.4....1.7...263.4
05:40...104.5...357,115...11.2...8,033.2....8,732.8....1.8...281.3
05:50...104.5...356,619...11.8...8,434.8....9,131.7....1.9...302.0

06:00...104.5...355,663...12.4...8,816.7....9,510.8....1.9...321.6
06:10...104.5...354,214...13.0...9,255.1....9,945.9....2.0...344.2
06:20...104.5...352,666...13.7...9,673.1....10,361.2...2.1...365.8
06:30...104.5...350,725...14.5...10,160.7...10,844.6...2.2...390.6
06:40...104.5...348,689...15.2...10,628.5...11,309.6...2.3...414.3
06:50...104.5...346,485...16.0...11,121.4...11,799.2...2.5...439.1

07:00...104.5...343,993...17.0...11,694.9...12,369.3...2.6...467.6
07:10...104.5...341,806...17.9...12,249.3...12,919.6...2.8...494.9
07:20...104.5...339,645...19.0...12,897.7...13,564.6...3.0...526.4
07:30...99.0....338,067...20.0...13,509.4...14,172.9...3.0...556.5
07:40...93.0....336,980...21.0...14,122.4...14,782.5...3.0...588.0
07:50...86.0....336,450...22.1...14,797.5...15,454.1...3.0...624.2

08:00...81.0....336,694...23.0...15,409.8...16,063.7...3.0...658.6
08:10...76.0....337,935...23.9...16,084.2...16,735.4...3.0...698.0
08:20...67.0....340,138...24.6...16,705.4...17,353.8...2.8...736.6
08:30...67.0....343,236...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...776.4
08:31...67.0....343,546...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...780.2
08:32...67.0....343,857...24.7...16,958.3...17,606.1...0.0...784.1
08:33...67.0....344,168...24.7...16,958.3...17,606.1...0.0...788.0
08:34...67.0....344,479...24.6...16,958.3...17,606.1...0.0...791.8

Abort Boundaries


EST..........T+........EVENT..................VELOCITY (inertial):....MPH

RTLS ONLY

4:14:08 AM...T+00:00...LAUNCH
4:14:18 AM...T+00:10...START ROLL MANEUVER.........................921
4:14:26 AM...T+00:18...END ROLL MANEUVER.........................1,016
4:14:47 AM...T+00:39...START THROTTLE DOWN (72%).................1,330
4:14:57 AM...T+00:49...MAX Q (686 psf)...........................1,459
4:15:02 AM...T+00:54...START THROTTLE UP (104.5%)................1,521
4:16:13 AM...T+02:05...SRB STAGING...............................3,648
4:16:23 AM...T+02:15...START OMS ASSIST (2:13 duration)..........3,764

TAL OPTION AVAILABLE

4:16:46 AM...T+02:38...2E TAL MORON (104.5%, 2s).................4,023
4:16:51 AM...T+02:43...2E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%, 2s)..............4,159
4:17:02 AM...T+02:54...2E TAL ISTRES (104.5%, 2s)................4,296
4:18:00 AM...T+03:52...NEGATIVE RETURN (KSC) (104.5%, 3s)........5,455

ABORT TO ORBIT AVAILABLE

4:19:19 AM...T+05:11...PRESS TO ATO (104.5%, 2s, 160 u/s)........7,705
4:19:33 AM...T+05:25...DROOP ZARAGOZA (109%,0s)..................8,183
4:19:36 AM...T+05:28...ROLL TO HEADSUP...........................8,319
4:19:38 AM...T+05:30...1E OPS-3 ZARAGOZA (109%,0s,2EO SIMO)......8,387
4:20:10 AM...T+06:02...1E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%,2s,2EO SIMO)......9,614

PLANNED ORBIT AVAILABLE

4:20:22 AM...T+06:14...PRESS TO MECO (104.5%, 2s, 181 u/s)......10,092
4:20:22 AM...T+06:14...1E TAL MORON (109%,0s,2EO SEQ)...........11,115
4:20:22 AM...T+06:14...1E TAL ISTRES (109%,0s,2EO SEQ)..........11,524
4:21:06 AM...T+06:58...1E PRESS-TO-MECO (104.5%, 2s, 585 u/s)...12,274
4:21:29 AM...T+07:21...NEGATIVE MORON (2@67%)...................13,569
4:21:30 AM...T+07:22...3G LIMITING..............................13,685
4:21:50 AM...T+07:42...LAST 2E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (67%)......14,933
4:21:50 AM...T+07:42...NEGATIVE ISTRES (2@67%)..................14,933
4:21:56 AM...T+07:48...LAST 1E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%)...15,342
4:22:00 AM...T+07:52...23K......................................15,683
4:22:01 AM...T+07:53...LAST 3E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (67%)......15,683
4:22:26 AM...T+08:18...LAST TAL DIEGO GARCIA....................17,252
4:22:31 AM...T+08:23...MECO COMMANDED...........................17,552
4:22:40 AM...T+08:32...ZERO THRUST..............................17,606