Here is a full timeline of the mission, courtesy of SpaceX:
COUNTDOWN
Hour/Min/Sec – Events
00:38:00 – SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for propellant load
00:35:00 – RP-1 (rocket grade kerosene) loading underway
00:35:00 – 1st stage LOX (liquid oxygen) loading underway
00:16:00 – 2nd stage LOX loading underway
00:07:00 – Falcon 9 begins engine chill prior to launch
00:01:00 – Command flight computer to begin final prelaunch checks
00:01:00 – Propellant tank pressurization to flight pressure begins
00:00:45 – SpaceX Launch Director verifies go for launch
00:00:03 – Engine controller commands engine ignition sequence to start
00:00:00 – Falcon 9 liftoff
LAUNCH AND SATELLITE DEPLOYMENT
Hour/Min/Sec – Events
00:01:04 – Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
00:02:44 – 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO)
00:02:48 – 1st and 2nd stages separate
00:02:50 – 2nd stage engine starts
00:03:22 – Fairing deployment
00:08:16 – 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
01:08:51 – 2nd stage engine restarts
01:09:37 – 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
01:56:17 – GPS III SV01 deployment
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