NPP Ascent Info

Ascent Timeline

Time (h:mm:ss) Event
 -0:00:00.7 SRB Ignition
0:00:00:00 Liftoff
+0.00:29.0 Mach 1
+0:01:04.0 SRB Burnout
+0:01:05.5 Air-Lit SRB Ignition
+0:01:26.0 SRB Jettison
+0:02:09.5 Air-Lit SRB Burnout
+0:02:11.5 Air-Lit SRB Jettison
+0:04:23.4 MECO (Stage 1 Cutoff)
+0:04:31.4 Stage Separation
+0:04:36.9 Second Stage 1st Ignition
+0:04:41.0 Payload Fairing Jettison
+0:10:23.7 1st Second Stage Cutoff (SECO1)
+0:10:25.0 Parking Orbit Coast
+0:52:05.0 Second Stage 2nd ignition
+0:52:26.7 2nd Second Stage Cutoff (SECO2)
+0:54:30.0 Maneuver to NPP Sep. Attitude
+0:58:45.0 NPP Separation
+1:32:30.0 Second Stage 3rd Ignition
+1:33:09.2 3rd Second Stage Cutoff (SECO3)
+1:38:20.0 CubeSat Deployment
+1:54:58.6 Second Stage Depletion Burn
+1:55:30:5 Final 2nd Stage Cutoff (SECO4)

Full Launch Animation

  


Ascent Groundtrack Map

Picture
Source: United Launch Alliance - Delta II NPP Press Kit
1 MECO
2 SECO1
3 2nd Stage Burn 2
4 Spacecraft Separation
5 2nd Stage Burn 3
6 2nd Stage Depletion