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T plus 4 Hours 21 minutes

Satellite separation!

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T plus 4 Hours 10 minutes

Third, and final, second stage ignition.


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Waving from Hangar AE



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The targeted geosynchronous transfer orbit will be 3,548 by 18,995 nautical miles with an inclination of 12.1 degrees.

Spacecraft Separation is due at T plus 4hours 21minutes 26 seconds.
The satellite will use its onboard engine later to reach geostationary orbit above the equator at 90 degrees West longitude.

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T plus 3 Hours

All systems nominal.
In about an hours time, a final engine burn will deliver GOES into the correct orbit.

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T plus 1 Hour

The Diego Garcia tracking station in the Indian Ocean will shortly acquired the rocket.

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T plus 20 minutes

All systems nominal
The spacecraft is coasting.
A second firing of the second stage engine will follow shortly.
A tracking station at Accra, Ghana should acquire the rocket's signal in two minutes time.

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T plus 14 minutes

Confirmation of second stage engine shut down.

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T plus 11 minutes

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The second stage is operating properly as the RL10 engine fires to reach a low-altitude parking orbit.

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