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Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle Payload User's Guide - SpaceX

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<strong>Falcon</strong> 9 User’s <strong>Guide</strong><br />

4.2. Sample Mission Profiles<br />

Each mission is unique in its flight profile. However, a typical flight profile for a maximum‐capability geosynchronous transfer orbit<br />

mission (including a delta‐V mission kit) is shown in the Figure 4‐9, below, and in Table 4‐9.<br />

Stage Separation<br />

T+176.2 sec<br />

2 engine shutdown<br />

T+155.5 sec<br />

Liftoff (Cape<br />

Canaveral) T=0.0 sec<br />

Main Engine CutOff<br />

T+174.2 sec<br />

Fairing Separation<br />

T+199.2 sec<br />

2 nd Stage Engine Start<br />

#1 T+179.2 sec<br />

Coast T+476-1488sec<br />

2 nd Stage Engine CutOff<br />

#1 T+475.9 sec<br />

2 nd Stage Engine Start<br />

#2 T+1488.6 sec<br />

2 nd Stage Engine<br />

CutOff #2<br />

T+1544.6 sec<br />

Figure 4‐9 ‐ <strong>Falcon</strong> 9 Sample Flight Profile, Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit Mission<br />

RCS Burn<br />

T+19913.2 –<br />

20968.8 sec<br />

<strong>Payload</strong> Sep<br />

T+20978.8 sec<br />

SCM 2008‐010 Rev. 1 Copyright ‐‐ <strong>SpaceX</strong> 2009 27

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