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1. Ignition/Liftoff
2. Solid booster burnout and jettison
Time: 1 minute, 47 seconds (SRBs 1-2) and 1 minute, 48 seconds (SRBs 3-4-5)
3. Payload fairing jettison
Time: 3 minutes, 23 seconds
4. Core booster burnout and Centaur separation
Time: 4 minutes, 28 seconds and 4 minutes, 34 seconds
5. Centaur first burn
Time: 4 minutes, 44 seconds
6. Park orbit / cruise phase
Time: 10 minutes, 6 seconds
7. Centaur second burn
Time: 32 minutes, 23 seconds
8. Centaur/STAR 48B (third stage) separation
Time: 42 minutes, 15 seconds
9. STAR 48B ignition
Time: 42 minutes, 52 seconds
10. STAR 48B burnout
Time: 44 minutes, 20 seconds
11. Spacecraft separation
Time: 47 minutes, 22 seconds
 
 
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