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Mission Timeline for Today’s TROPICS Launch – Kennedy Space Center

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Date: 2022-06-12 00:00:00

NASA’s TROPICS CubeSats mission is scheduled to launch today, June 12, on an Astra Rocket 3 from Space Launch Complex 46 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. A two-hour window opens at noon EDT.

Here’s a look at some of today’s upcoming milestones. All times are approximate:

COUNTDOWN

Min/Sec Event

+0s Lift-off

+6s Begin Pitch Over

+1min 10s Max-Q

+3min 00s Main Engine Cutoff (MECO)

+3min 05s Fairing separation

+3min 10s Stage separation

+3min 15s Upper stage ignition

+8min 30s Second Engine Cutoff (SECO)

+8min 40s Payload Deployment

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