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CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test
Atlas V N22
Historical mission record
This page records Atlas V N22 | CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
This is the first crewed test flight of Starliner spacecraft. It will carry NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station.
- Launch vehicle
- Atlas V N22
- Mission type
- Test Flight
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Spacecraft
- Starliner Calypso
- Destination
- International Space Station
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 41
- Provider
- United Launch Alliance
- Programs
- International Space Station, Commercial Crew Program
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Atlas V N22
The Atlas V N22 is a crew rated variant of the Atlas V 422 - it sports two solid motor strap on boosters with two liquid fueled stages. It will be primarly used to support NASA's Commercial Crew program by taking the CST-100 to orbit.
- Height
- 58 m
- Diameter
- 3.8 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 3
- First flight
- 2019-12-20
Recorded timing
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Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT
A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.
Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:11:00
Crew Access Arm Retract
- T−00:07:00
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:02
Ignition
- T+00:00:01
Liftoff
- T+00:01:01
Max-Q
- T+00:01:05
Supersonic
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- T+00:02:20
Booster Separation
- T+00:04:28
MECO
- T+00:04:34
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:04:44
SES
- T+00:11:55
SECO
- T+00:14:55
Starliner Separation
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site & orbit
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