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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is a NASA mission to study interactions between solar wind and the local interstellar medium. Carrying a suite of 10 scientific instruments, IMAP is able to investigate how particles are accelerated, determine their composition, as well as help to advance space weather forecasting models. The IMAP launch also includes the space weather satellite SWFO-L1 (Space Weather Follow-On - L1) for NOAA and the GLIDE (Global Lyman-alpha Imagers of the Dynamic Exosphere/Carruthers Geocorona Observatory) mission to study far ultraviolet emission in the Earth's exosphere.
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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
Tank Press
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- T−00:01:00
Startup
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:12
Max-Q
- T+00:02:29
MECO
- T+00:02:32
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:40
SES-1
- T+00:03:12
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:37
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:07:07
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:52
SECO-1
- T+00:08:20
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:45
Stage 1 Landing
- T+01:12:28
SES-2
- T+01:13:30
SECO-2
- T+01:23:51
Payload Separation
- T+01:30:26
Payload Separation
- T+01:36:46
Payload Separation