{"id":15607,"date":"2016-04-07T17:11:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/timeline-for-the-falcon-9-rockets-23rd-flight\/"},"modified":"2016-04-07T17:11:35","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T09:11:35","slug":"timeline-for-the-falcon-9-rockets-23rd-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/timeline-for-the-falcon-9-rockets-23rd-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline for the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s 23rd flight"},"content":{"rendered":"

SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies and experiments.<\/p>\n

Liftoff is set for 2043:32 GMT (4:43:32 p.m. EDT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad.<\/p>\n

It will be the 23rd flight of a Falcon 9 rocket, and the third launch of the booster\u2019s latest configuration with higher-thrust engines and densified super-cold propellants.<\/p>\n

The launch will be the eighth of least 26 resupply missions under contract to SpaceX to depart for the space station.<\/p>\n

The timeline below outlines the launch sequence for the Falcon 9 flight with the Dragon spacecraft. It does not include times for the experimental descent and landing attempt of the first stage booster.<\/p>\n

SpaceX\u2019s landing platform is positioned about 185 miles (300 kilometers) northeast of Cape Canaveral for the first stage landing attempt, which is expected around nine minutes after liftoff.<\/p>\n

Three ignitions of the first stage engines after separation will steer the booster toward the landing barge, or drone ship, in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

A \u201cboostback\u201d burn of three of the first stage\u2019s nine Merlin engines is scheduled for about T+plus 3 minutes, followed by a re-entry burn of three engines T+plus 7 minutes, and a final descent maneuver with only the center engine at approximately T+plus 8 minutes, according to a timeline released by SpaceX.<\/p>\n

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

\"After
After the rocket\u2019s nine Merlin engines pass an automated health check, hold-down clamps will release the Falcon 9 booster for liftoff from Complex 40.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:01:13: Mach 1<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Mach 1, the speed of sound.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:01:24: Max Q<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9 rocket reaches Max Q, the point of maximum aerodynamic pressure.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:30: MECO<\/b><\/p>\n

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

T+0:02:34: 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+0:02:41: Second Stage Ignition<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The second stage Merlin 1D vacuum engine ignites for an approximately 7-minute burn to put the Dragon spacecraft into orbit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:10:00: SECO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket shuts down after reaching a target orbit with a low point of approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers), a high point of approximately 223 miles (360 kilometers) and an inclination of 51.6 degrees. The second stage will reignite for a de-orbit burn soon after deploying the Dragon spacecraft, aiming for a destructive re-entry over the Southern Ocean south of Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:10:30: Dragon Separation<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Dragon spacecraft separates from the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s second stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:12:00: Solar Arrays Deployed<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Dragon spacecraft\u2019s two solar array wings extend one-at-a-time to a span of 54 feet (16.5 meters).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 2043:32 GMT (4:43:32 p.m. EDT) Thursday from Cape Canaveral\u2019s Complex 40 launch pad. It will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3108,2007,1736,1395,479,717,1602,2206],"class_list":["post-15607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-beam","tag-bigelow-aerospace","tag-complex-40","tag-dragon","tag-falcon-9","tag-international-space-station","tag-iss-cargo","tag-launch-timeline"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15607\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}