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Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth observation satellite mission. It will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Startup
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- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:07
Max-Q
- T+00:02:19
MECO
- T+00:02:23
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:30
SES-1
- T+00:02:36
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+00:03:16
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:04:15
Fairing Separation
- T+00:05:46
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:11
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:58
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:07:32
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:10:20
SECO-1
- T+00:12:22
PACE Deployment