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Ascent Timeline and Abort Boundaries
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: April 3, 2010


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


00:00...100.0.......-23...0.0.........0.0......914.4...0.3...0.0
00:10...104.5.......937...0.2.......136.4......926.0...1.7...0.0
00:20...104.5.....4,280...0.4.......319.8....1,056.9...1.9...0.1
00:30...104.5.....9,518...0.6.......502.5....1,199.4...1.8...0.5
00:40...82.0.....17,528...0.9.......689.4....1,356.3...1.7...1.2
00:50...72.0.....26,431...1.1.......825.8....1,481.7...1.7...2.2

01:00...104.5....36,709...1.4.......998.3....1,635.8...2.0...3.4
01:10...104.5....50,396...1.9.....1,264.2....1,879.9...2.3...5.1
01:20...104.5....65,336...2.4.....1,581.3....2,195.7...2.5...7.2
01:30...104.5....84,273...2.9.....1,972.7....2,598.0...2.5...10.4
01:40...104.5...103,355...3.3.....2,348.4....2,983.9...2.5...14.2
01:50...104.5...125,992...3.8.....2,760.2....3,405.3...2.2...19.4

02:00...104.5...147,150...4.0.....2,953.9....3,609.9...1.0...25.0
02:10...104.5...168,718...4.1.....3,052.1....3,720.3...1.0...31.4
02:20...104.5...187,826...4.2.....3,166.6....3,847.2...1.0...37.8
02:30...104.5...207,545...4.5.....3,309.2....4,000.6...1.0...45.3
02:40...104.5...224,288...5.0.....3,451.7....4,151.3...1.1...52.5
02:50...104.5...239,915...5.4.....3,605.8....4,311.5...1.1...60.1

03:00...104.5...255,838...5.9.....3,787.8....4,499.7...1.1...69.0
03:10...104.5...269,182...6.3.....3,965.1....4,680.4...1.1...77.5
03:20...104.5...282,640...6.7.....4,172.4....4,890.4...1.2...87.5
03:30...104.5...293,790...7.2.....4,371.5....5,091.6...1.2...97.0
03:40...104.5...303,930...7.4.....4,580.9....5,301.6...1.2...107.1
03:50...104.5...313,944...7.6.....4,822.9....5,543.7...1.3...118.7

04:00...104.5...322,034...7.8.....5,051.4....5,772.1...1.3...129.8
04:10...104.5...329,865...8.1.....5,313.9....6,033.3...1.3...142.7
04:20...104.5...336,044...8.3.....5,563.5....6,282.2...1.4...155.0
04:30...104.5...341,843...8.5.....5,850.5....6,567.2...1.4...169.2
04:40...104.5...346,238...8.8.....6,122.6....6,837.2...1.5...182.8
04:50...104.5...349,830...9.1.....6,406.3....7,118.8...1.5...197.0

05:00...104.5...352,897...9.5.....6,731.5....7,442.0...1.6...213.4
05:10...104.5...354,925...9.9.....7,040.4....7,748.2...1.6...229.0
05:20...104.5...356,368...10.3....7,395.0....8,100.0...1.7...247.0
05:30...104.5...357,010...10.8....7,731.1....8,433.5...1.7...264.1
05:40...104.5...357,061...11.3....8,082.3....8,781.9...1.8...282.1
05:50...104.5...356,492...11.8....8,486.7....9,182.9...1.9...302.7

06:00...104.5...355,483...12.4....8,870.6....9,564.0...2.0...322.4
06:10...104.5...353,998...13.1....9,311.1...10,001.8...2.0...345.1
06:20...104.5...352,431...13.7....9,731.8...10,419.1...2.1...366.7
06:30...104.5...350,454...14.5...10,222.7...10,906.7...2.2...391.5
06:40...104.5...348,393...15.3...10,693.9...11,374.4...2.4...415.3
06:50...104.5...346,175...16.1...11,190.3...11,867.4...2.5...440.1

07:00...104.5...343,687...17.0...11,767.9...12,441.6...2.6...468.7
07:10...104.5...341,521...18.0...12,325.6...12,995.9...2.8...496.0
07:20...104.5...339,403...19.1...12,979.6...13,646.4...3.0...527.5
07:30...98.0....337,884...20.1...13,590.5...14,254.0...3.0...557.7
07:40...92.0....336,868...21.0...14,203.5...14,863.6...3.0...589.2
07:50...86.0....336,431...22.1...14,878.6...15,534.6...3.0...625.5

08:00...80.0....336,780...23.0...15,492.3...16,145.5...3.0...659.9
08:10...75.0....338,149...23.9...16,166.0...16,816.5...3.0...699.4
08:20...67.0....340,490...24.6...16,782.4...17,430.2...2.8...738.0
08:30...67.0....343,640...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...777.8
08:31...67.0....343,951...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...781.7
08:32...67.0....344,261...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...785.5
08:33...67.0....344,573...24.6...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...789.4
08:34...67.0....344,650...24.6...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...793.3

Abort Boundaries


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

6:21:23 AM...T+00:00...LAUNCH
6:21:33 AM...T+00:10...START ROLL MANEUVER............................921
6:21:41 AM...T+00:18...END ROLL MANEUVER............................1,016
6:22:01 AM...T+00:38...START THROTTLE DOWN (72%)....................1,316
6:22:15 AM...T+00:52...START THROTTLE UP (104.5%)...................1,493
6:22:22 AM...T+00:59...MAX Q (695 psf)..............................1,602
6:23:28 AM...T+02:05...SRB STAGING..................................3,648
6:23:38 AM...T+02:15...START OMS ASSIST (1:44 duration).............3,771

6:23:58 AM...T+02:35...2E TAL MORON (104.5%, 2s)....................4,023
6:24:04 AM...T+02:41...2E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%, 2s).................4,091
6:24:15 AM...T+02:52...2E TAL ISTRES (104.5%, 2s)...................4,296
6:25:10 AM...T+03:47...NEGATIVE RETURN (KSC) (104.5%, 3s)...........5,455

6:26:34 AM...T+05:11...PRESS TO ATO (104.5%, 2s, 160 u/s)...........7,705
6:26:47 AM...T+05:24...DROOP ZARAGOZA (109%,0s).....................8,114
6:27:10 AM...T+05:47...ROLL TO HEADS UP.............................9,014
6:27:24 AM...T+06:01...1E OPS-3 ZARAGOZA (109%,0s,2EO SIMO).........9,546
6:27:27 AM...T+06:04...1E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%,2s,2EO SIMO).........9,751

6:27:38 AM...T+06:15...PRESS TO MECO (104.5%, 2s, 160 u/s).........10,160
6:27:38 AM...T+06:15...1E TAL MORON (109%,0s,2EO SEQ,1st EO @ VI)..11,046
6:27:38 AM...T+06:15...1E TAL ISTRES (109%,0s,2EO SEQ,1st EO @ VI).11,456
6:28:19 AM...T+06:56...1E PRESS-TO-MECO (104.5%, 2s, 592 u/s)......12,137
6:28:43 AM...T+07:20...NEGATIVE MORON (2@67%)......................13,501
6:29:05 AM...T+07:42...LAST 2E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (2@67%).......14,865
6:29:05 AM...T+07:42...NEGATIVE ISTRES (2@67%).....................14,865
6:29:11 AM...T+07:48...LAST 1E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%)......15,342
6:29:17 AM...T+07:54...23K.........................................15,683
6:29:17 AM...T+07:54...LAST 3E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (3@67%).......15,683
6:29:41 AM...T+08:18...LAST TAL DIEGO GARCIA.......................17,252
6:29:47 AM...T+08:24...MECO COMMANDED..............................17,592
6:29:53 AM...T+08:30...ZERO THRUST.................................17,606