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Ascent Timeline and Abort Boundaries
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: May 13, 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...778.......0.2....125.5......922.6......1.7...0.0
00:20...104.5...4,004.....0.4....306.2......1,030.3....1.9...0.1
00:30...104.5...9,214.....0.7....491.6......1,170.8....1.8...0.5
00:40...72.0....17,214....0.9....667.6......1,320.8....1.7...1.1
00:50...104.5...26,029....1.1....813.5......1,455.1....1.8...2.1

01:00...104.5...36,408....1.5....993.5......1,618.8....2.0...3.2
01:10...104.5...50,170....1.9....1,259.4....1,869.7....2.3...5.0
01:20...104.5...65,116....2.4....1,579.2....2,190.2....2.5...7.1
01:30...104.5...84,054....3.0....1,974.0....2,596.6....2.5...10.4
01:40...104.5...103,154...3.4....2,353.2....2,986.6....2.5...14.3
01:50...104.5...125,804...3.9....2,767.7....3,412.1....2.2...19.6

02:00...104.5...146,953...4.1....2,958.7....3,615.3....0.9...25.3
02:10...104.5...167,840...4.2....3,053.5....3,722.4....1.0...31.5
02:20...104.5...186,956...4.4....3,168.0....3,848.5....1.0...38.0
02:30...104.5...206,688...4.7....3,310.5....4,001.9....1.0...45.5
02:40...104.5...223,444...5.2....3,452.4....4,152.6....1.1...52.7
02:50...104.5...240,590...5.6....3,622.1....4,329.2....1.1...61.2

03:00...104.5...255,028...5.9....3,787.8....4,500.4....1.1...69.3
03:10...104.5...269,667...6.4....3,982.9....4,699.5....1.1...78.8
03:20...104.5...281,870...6.8....4,171.7....4,890.4....1.2...87.9
03:30...104.5...293,039...7.2....4,369.5....5,090.2....1.2...97.5
03:40...104.5...304,162...7.5....4,597.2....5,318.7....1.2...108.6
03:50...104.5...313,249...7.6....4,814.7....5,536.9....1.3...119.3

04:00...104.5...322,151...7.9....5,065.7....5,787.1....1.3...131.6
04:10...104.5...329,275...8.1....5,304.3....6,024.4....1.3...143.4
04:20...104.5...335,504...8.3....5,553.2....6,272.6....1.4...155.7
04:30...104.5...341,356...8.6....5,838.9....6,556.9....1.4...170.0
04:40...104.5...345,798...8.8....6,111.0....6,826.3....1.5...183.6
04:50...104.5...349,759...9.2....6,422.6....7,135.9....1.5...199.3

05:00...104.5...352,555...9.5....6,717.9....7,429.1....1.6...214.2
05:10...104.5...354,796...9.9....7,057.4....7,765.9....1.6...231.5
05:20...104.5...356,119...10.3...7,379.3....8,085.0....1.7...247.9
05:30...104.5...356,803...10.8...7,714.8....8,418.5....1.7...265.1
05:50...104.5...356,369...11.9...8,467.6....9,165.1....1.9...303.8

06:00...104.5...355,278...12.5...8,889.7....9,583.8....2.0...325.5
06:10...104.5...353,945...13.1...9,289.9....9,981.3....2.0...346.2
06:20...104.5...352,404...13.7...9,709.3....10,397.3...2.1...367.9
06:30...104.5...350,646...14.5...10,152.5...10,837.8...2.2...392.8
06:40...104.5...348,627...15.3...10,619.6...11,300.8...2.3...416.5
06:50...104.5...346,213...16.2...11,161.7...11,839.5...2.5...444.0

07:00...104.5...343,958...17.1...11,683.3...12,358.4...2.6...470.1
07:10...104.5...341,569...18.1...12,292.9...12,963.9...2.8...500.3
07:20...104.5...339,622...19.1...12,882.7...13,550.3...3.0...529.1
07:30...99.0....338,044...20.1...13,494.4...14,158.5...3.0...559.2
07:40...92.0....336,870...21.2...14,167.4...14,828.1...3.0...594.1
07:50...87.0....336,411...22.1...14,781.8...15,439.1...3.0...627.2

08:00...81.0....336,712...23.1...15,455.5...16,109.4...3.0...665.2
08:10...77.0....337,868...23.9...16,069.8...16,721.0...3.0...701.2
08:20...67.0....340,137...24.7...16,710.1...17,358.6...2.8...741.2
08:30...67.0....343,240...24.7...16,957.7...17,605.4...0.0...781.0
08:31...67.0....343,551...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...784.9
08:32...67.0....343,861...24.7...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...788.7
08:33...67.0....344,483...24.6...16,958.3...17,605.4...0.0...794.5

Abort Boundaries


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

RTLS ONLY

2:20:09 PM...T+00:00...LAUNCH
2:20:20 PM...T+00:11...START ROLL MANEUVER.............................927
2:20:27 PM...T+00:18...END ROLL MANEUVER.............................1,002
2:20:42 PM...T+00:33...START THROTTLE DOWN (72%).....................1,214
2:20:54 PM...T+00:45...START THROTTLE UP (104.5%)....................1,384
2:21:09 PM...T+01:00...MAX Q (742 psf)...............................1,616
2:22:13 PM...T+02:04...SRB STAGING...................................3,655
2:22:23 PM...T+02:14...START OMS ASSIST (1:12 duration)..............3,784

TAL OPTION AVAILABLE

2:22:38 PM...T+02:29...2E TAL MORON (104.5%, 2s).....................3,955
2:22:42 PM...T+02:33...2E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%, 2s)..................4,023
2:22:52 PM...T+02:43...2E TAL ISTRES (104.5%, 2s)....................4,159
2:24:04 PM...T+03:55...NEGATIVE RETURN (KSC) (104.5%, 3s)............5,523

ABORT TO ORBIT AVAILABLE

2:24:51 PM...T+04:42...PRESS TO ATO (104.5%, 2s, 157 u/s)............6,751
2:25:34 PM...T+05:25...DROOP ZARAGOZA (109%,0s)......................8,183
2:25:37 PM...T+05:28...1E OPS-3 ZARAGOZA (109%,0s,2EO SIMO)..........8,387
2:25:54 PM...T+05:45...ROLL TO HEADS UP..............................9,021
2:26:12 PM...T+06:03...1E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%,2s,2EO SIMO)..........9,751

2:26:36 PM...T+06:27...PRESS TO MECO (104.5%, 2s, 157 u/s)..........10,774
2:26:36 PM...T+06:27...1E TAL MORON (109%,0s,2EO SEQ,1st EO @ VI)...11,046
2:26:36 PM...T+06:27...1E TAL ISTRES (109%,0s,2EO SEQ,1st EO @ VI)..11,456
2:26:59 PM...T+06:50...1E PRESS-TO-MECO (104.5%, 2s, 626 u/s).......11,728
2:27:28 PM...T+07:19...NEGATIVE MORON (2@67%).......................13,569
2:27:49 PM...T+07:40...LAST 2E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (67%)..........14,865
2:27:49 PM...T+07:40...NEGATIVE ISTRES (2@67%)......................14,865
2:27:56 PM...T+07:47...LAST 1E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%).......15,342
2:28:01 PM...T+07:52...23K..........................................15,683
2:28:01 PM...T+07:52...LAST 3E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (3@67%)........15,683
2:28:27 PM...T+08:18...LAST TAL DIEGO GARCIA........................17,252
2:28:32 PM...T+08:23...MECO COMMANDED...............................17,558
2:28:38 PM...T+08:29...ZERO THRUST..................................17,606