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Ascent Timeline and Abort Boundaries
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: November 14, 2009


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M: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......776...0.2.......124.8......922.6...1.7.....0.0
00:20...104.5....3,970...0.4.......306.8....1,040.5...1.9.....0.1
00:30...104.5....9,137...0.7.......492.3....1,181.0...1.8.....0.5
00:40...72.0....17,095...0.9.......671.7....1,334.4...1.7.....1.2
00:50...102.0...25,871...1.1.......814.8....1,466.7...1.8.....2.1

01:00...104.5...36,174...1.4.......994.9....1,629.0...2.0.....3.4
01:10...104.5...49,855...1.9.....1,260.1....1,876.5...2.3.....5.1
01:20...104.5...64,724...2.4.....1,578.6....2,195.7...2.5.....7.3
01:30...104.5...83,563...2.9.....1,973.4....2,601.4...2.5....10.6
01:40...104.5..102,569...3.4.....2,352.5....2,989.4...2.5....14.4
01:50...104.5..125,146...3.8.....2,767.1....3,413.5...2.2....19.8

02:00...104.5..146,270...3.9.....2,961.4....3,618.0...1.0....25.5
02:10...104.5..167,802...4.0.....3,059.6....3,727.2...1.0....31.9
02:20...104.5..186,877...4.2.....3,174.1....3,854.0...1.0....38.4
02:30...104.5..206,567...4.5.....3,316.0....4,006.7...1.0....45.9
02:40...104.5..223,290...4.9.....3,457.8....4,156.7...1.1....53.2
02:50...104.5..238,902...5.4.....3,611.9....4,317.0...1.1....60.9

03:00...104.5..254,814...5.9.....3,793.3....4,504.5...1.1....69.8
03:10...104.5..268,154...6.3.....3,969.9....4,684.5...1.1....78.4
03:20...104.5..281,614...6.8.....4,176.5....4,893.8...1.2....88.5
03:30...104.5..292,771...7.2.....4,374.9....5,094.3...1.2....98.1
03:40...104.5..302,920...7.5.....4,582.2....5,303.0...1.2...108.2
03:50...104.5..312,954...7.7.....4,820.9....5,541.6...1.3...119.8

04:00...104.5..321,082...7.9.....5,048.0....5,768.0...1.3...131.0
04:10...104.5..328,961...8.1.....5,309.8....6,028.5...1.3...144.0
04:20...104.5..335,188...8.3.....5,558.0....6,276.0...1.4...156.3
04:30...104.5..341,040...8.6.....5,843.7....6,560.4...1.4...170.6
04:40...104.5..345,486...8.9.....6,115.1....6,829.7...1.5...184.2
04:50...104.5..349,132...9.2.....6,397.4....7,110.0...1.5...198.4

05:00...104.5..352,259...9.5.....6,721.3....7,431.1...1.6...214.9
05:10...104.5..354,344...9.9.....7,028.8....7,736.6...1.6...230.5
05:20...104.5..355,852...10.4....7,381.3....8,086.4...1.7...248.6
05:30...104.5..356,553...10.8....7,716.8....8,419.2...1.7...265.8
05:40...104.5..356,663...11.3....8,065.9....8,765.6...1.8...283.7
05:50...104.5..356,159...11.9....8,468.3....9,165.1...1.9...304.4

06:00...104.5..355,209...12.4....8,850.8....9,544.3...1.9...324.2
06:10...104.5..353,784...13.1....9,289.2....9,980.0...2.0...346.9
06:20...104.5..352,268...13.7....9,707.9...10,395.2...2.1...368.5
06:30...104.5..350,344...14.5...10,196.1...10,880.1...2.2...393.4
06:40...104.5..348,326...15.3...10,664.6...11,345.1...2.3...417.2
06:50...104.5..346,145...16.1...11,158.3...11,835.4...2.5...442.0

07:00...104.5..343,688...17.1...11,732.4...12,406.1...2.6...470.7
07:10...104.5..341,540...18.0...12,286.8...12,957.1...2.8...498.1
07:20...104.5..339,430...19.1...12,936.6...13,603.5...3.0...529.7
07:30...99.0...337,907...20.1...13,549.6...14,212.4...3.0...559.8
07:40...92.0...336,880...21.1...14,161.9...14,821.3...3.0...591.4
07:50...86.0...336,412...22.1...14,835.6...15,492.3...3.0...627.7

08:00...80.0...336,724...23.0...15,450.0...16,103.9...2.9...662.2
08:10...76.0...338,043...23.9...16,123.7...16,774.9...3.0...701.8
08:30...67.0...343,446...24.7...16,957.7...17,604.8...0.0...780.2
08:31...67.0...343,756...24.7...16,957.7...17,604.8...0.0...784.1
08:32...67.0...344,066...24.7...16,957.7...17,604.8...0.0...788.0
08:33...67.0...344,377...24.6...16,957.7...17,604.8...0.0...791.8
08:34...67.0...344,662...24.6...16,957.7...17,604.8...0.0...795.4

Abort Boundaries


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

RETURN-TO-LAUNCH-SITE ABORT ONLY

2:28:08 PM...T+00:00...LAUNCH
2:28:18 PM...T+00:10...START ROLL MANEUVER..........................921
2:28:26 PM...T+00:18...END ROLL MANEUVER..........................1,016
2:28:42 PM...T+00:34...START THROTTLE DOWN (72%)..................1,241
2:28:54 PM...T+00:46...START THROTTLE UP (104.5%).................1,411
2:29:08 PM...T+01:00...MAX Q (731 psf)............................1,630
2:30:12 PM...T+02:04...SRB STAGING................................3,655
2:30:22 PM...T+02:14...START OMS ASSIST (1:20 duration)...........3,778

TRANS-ATLANTIC LANDING ABORT AVAILABLE

2:30:33 PM...T+02:25...2E TAL MORON (104.5%)......................3,955
2:30:39 PM...T+02:31...2E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%)...................4,023
2:30:49 PM...T+02:41...2E TAL ISTRES (104.5%).....................4,228
2:31:58 PM...T+03:50...NEGATIVE RETURN (KSC) (104.5%).............5,523

ABORT TO ORBIT AVAILABLE

2:32:57 PM...T+04:49...PRESS TO ATO (104.5%, 160 u/s).............7,092
2:33:30 PM...T+05:22...DROOP ZARAGOZA (109%)......................8,183
2:33:33 PM...T+05:25...1E OPS-3 ZARAGOZA (109%,2EO SIMO)..........8,251
2:33:54 PM...T+05:46...ROLL TO HEADS UP...........................9,014
2:34:11 PM...T+06:03...1E TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%,2EO SIMO)..........9,683
2:34:11 PM...T+06:03...1E TAL MORON (109%,2EO SEQ,1st EO @ VI)...11,115

NORMAL ORBIT AVAILABLE

2:34:48 PM...T+06:40...PRESS TO MECO (104.5%, 160 u/s)...........11,387
2:34:48 PM...T+06:40...1E TAL ISTRES (109%,2EO SEQ,1st EO @ VI)..11,524
2:35:13 PM...T+07:05...1E PRESS-TO-MECO (104.5%, 610 u/s)........12,683
2:35:29 PM...T+07:21...NEGATIVE MORON (2@67%)....................13,638
2:35:49 PM...T+07:41...LAST 2E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (67%).......14,865
2:35:49 PM...T+07:41...NEGATIVE ISTRES (2@67%)...................14,865
2:35:55 PM...T+07:47...LAST 1E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (104.5%)....15,342
2:36:01 PM...T+07:53...23K.......................................15,683
2:36:01 PM...T+07:53...LAST 3E PRE-MECO TAL ZARAGOZA (67%).......15,683
2:36:26 PM...T+08:18...LAST TAL DIEGO GARCIA ....................17,252
2:36:30 PM...T+08:22...MECO COMMANDED............................17,552
2:36:36 PM...T+08:28...ZERO THRUST...............................17,606