{"id":13979,"date":"2018-02-21T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T16:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/falcon-9-launch-timeline-with-paz\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T00:51:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T16:51:12","slug":"falcon-9-launch-timeline-with-paz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/falcon-9-launch-timeline-with-paz\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon 9 launch timeline with Paz"},"content":{"rendered":"

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: Updated on Feb. 21 with launch delay.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s ascent to orbit with the Paz Earth observation payload for Hisdesat, operator of Spain\u2019s governmental satellites.<\/p>\n

The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket will lift off Thursday at 6:17 a.m. PST (9:17 a.m. EST; 1417 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.<\/p>\n

Two SpaceX-built mini-satellites are also on the launch to test technologies for the company\u2019s planned broadband communications network.<\/p>\n

SpaceX does not plan to recover the first stage booster on this mission. The Falcon 9\u2019s first stage set to launch with Paz previously flew on the Formosat 5 mission from Vandenberg in August 2017.<\/p>\n

Data source: SpaceX<\/p>\n

T-0:00:00: Liftoff<\/b><\/p>\n

\"After
After the rocket\u2019s nine Merlin 1D engines pass an automated health check, the Falcon 9 is released from Space Launch Complex 4-East at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:01:17: Max-Q<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure. The first stage\u2019s nine Merlin 1D engines produce about 1.7 million pounds of thrust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:29: MECO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9\u2019s nine Merlin 1D engines shut down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:33: Stage 1 Separation<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9\u2019s first stage separates from the second stage moments after MECO.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:40: Stage 2 Ignition<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The second stage Merlin 1D vacuum engine ignites for an approximately six-and-a-half minute burn to guide the Paz, Microsat-2a and Microsat-2b satellites into orbit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:56: Fairing Jettison<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The 5.2-meter (17.1-foot) diameter payload fairing jettisons once the Falcon 9 rocket ascends through the dense lower atmosphere. The 43-foot-tall fairing is made of two clamshell-like halves composed of carbon fiber with an aluminum honeycomb core.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:08:58: SECO 1<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Merlin 1D vacuum engine turns off after placing the Paz satellite into its planned 317-mile-high (511-kilometer) polar orbit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:10:58: Paz Separation<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Paz spacecraft deploys from the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s upper stage to begin its five-and-a-half year Earth observation mission. SpaceX\u2019s two Microsat secondary payloads are expected to separate from the upper stage after Paz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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