[net.space] Ariane Flight Sequence

karn (09/12/82)

I came across the following flight sequence for the Ariane in a standard
geostationary transfer orbit mission:

Event				Time sec	Velocity km/sec	Altitude km
Liftoff				0			0				0
First stage sep		138			1.8				43
Fairing jettison	244			3.65			110
Second stage sep	272			4.66			129
Injection			844			9.76			210

The L5 flight shut down midway thru the third stage burn, at about T +
535 seconds.  The resulting altitude and velocity were about 175 km and
6 km/sec.