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11:32PM UK TIME, 23:32 BST, 22:32 UTC "Instantaneous launch"

Minute-by-minute;

-01:10:00 RP-1 (kerosene) loading
-35:00 LOX (liquid oxygen) loading
-07:00 Engine chill
-01:00 Prelaunch checks, Propellant tank pressurization
-00:45 Launch Director verifies go for launch
-00:03 Engine ignition sequence

00:00 Liftoff
01:16 Max Q (moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket)
02:29 1st stage main engine cutoff (MECO), separation, 2nd stage engine starts
03:05 Fairing deployment
06:29 1st stage entry burn
08:17 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-1)
08:20 1st stage landing

40:50 2nd stage engine restarts
41:49 2nd stage engine cutoff (SECO-2)
48:42 TESS deployment
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 17:33, , Reply)
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rocket issues
(, Mon 16 Apr 2018, 22:19, , Reply)