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Jason-1/TIMED Sequence of Events

Jason-1/TIMED boost profile

Click on the video icon (Video icon) in the image above to watch the animation clip of that sequence. Click on the title of the image above to get a larger picture. You can also follow the Jason-1/TIMED Sequence of Events below.

TIME
(hr:min:sec)
EVENT VIDEO CLIP
00:00:00 Liftoff Liftoff animation QuickTime
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00:00:33 Mach 1  
00:01:04 6 Solid Motors Burnout solid motor burnout QuickTime
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(364 Kb)
00:01:06 3 Solid Motors Ignite  
00:01:26 Jettison 6 Solid Motors Jettison SRMs QuickTime
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(156 Kb)
00:01:27 Jettison 3 Solid Motors  
00:01:30 Begin First Dogleg Maneuver  
00:01:55 End First Dogleg Maneuver  
00:02:12 Begin 2nd Dogleg Maneuver  
00:02:20 End 2nd Dogleg Maneuver  
00:04:24 MECO - Main Engine Cutoff MECO QuickTime
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(176 Kb)
00:04:32 Stage I-II Separation Stage separation QuickTime
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(128 Kb)
00:04:41 Jettison Fairing jettison faring QuickTime
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(360 Kb)
00:10:05 SECO 1 - Stage II Cutoff No. 1  
00:51:49 SECO 2 - Second cutoff Stage II/ Orbit Insertion  
00:55:20 Jason-1 Spacecraft Separation Jason-1 separation QuickTime
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(464 Kb)
00:55:21 1st Contact Opportunity
Check for Solar Array Deployment
deploy solar arrays QuickTime
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(528 Kb)
01:06:45 Jason-1 Ascennding Node Crossing  

For more information, visit Aviso's Jason-1 Launch Page.


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