{"id":16241,"date":"2015-06-27T19:30:44","date_gmt":"2015-06-27T11:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/falcon-9-spacex-crs-7-launch-timeline\/"},"modified":"2015-06-27T19:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-27T11:30:44","slug":"falcon-9-spacex-crs-7-launch-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/falcon-9-spacex-crs-7-launch-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Falcon 9\/SpaceX CRS-7 launch timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX\u2019s seventh operational resupply mission to the International Space Station. Exact times for re-entry and landing of the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage have not been released by SpaceX.<\/p>\n

Liftoff is set for 10:21:11 a.m. EDT (1421:11 GMT) Sunday.<\/p>\n

Data source: SpaceX<\/p>\n

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

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

T+0:01:10: Mach 1<\/b><\/p>\n

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

T+0:01:23: Max Q<\/b><\/p>\n

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

T+0:02:37: MECO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Moments
Moments after two of the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage engines shut down, the remaining seven Merlin engines cut off at an altitude of 80 kilometers, or about 50 miles, and a velocity of Mach 10.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:41: Stage 1 Separation<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9\u2019s first stage separates from the second stage four seconds after MECO. The spent stage will descend back to Earth for an attempted landing on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:02:49: Stage 2 Ignition<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The second stage Merlin vacuum engine ignites for a nearly seven-minute burn to inject the Dragon payload into orbit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:03:29: Nose Cone Jettison<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The nose cone covering the Dragon spacecraft\u2019s berthing port is jettisoned after the rocket climbs above the dense lower atmosphere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:09:00: First Stage Landing<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Falcon 9\u2019s first stage will land on SpaceX\u2019s autonomous spaceport drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:09:27: SECO<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The second stage Merlin vacuum engine shuts down after reaching a target orbit with a low point of 199.2 kilometers (123.8 miles), a high point of 365.5 kilometers (227.1 miles), and an inclination of 51.6 degrees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:10:02: Dragon Separation<\/b><\/p>\n

\"The
The Dragon spacecraft separates from the Falcon 9 second stage to begin pursuit of the International Space Station.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T+0:12:00: Begin Solar Array Deployment<\/b><\/p>\n

\"Dragon's
Dragon\u2019s two power-producing solar arrays begin unfolding after their covers are jettisoned. The solar arrays extend 54 feet tip-to-tip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket\u2019s ascent into orbit from Cape Canaveral on SpaceX\u2019s seventh operational resupply mission to the International Space Station. Exact times for re-entry and landing of the Falcon 9\u2019s first stage have not been released by SpaceX. Liftoff is set for 10:21:11 a.m. EDT (1421:11 GMT) Sunday. Data […]<\/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":[3971],"class_list":["post-16241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-spacex-7"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16241"}],"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=16241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}