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[[image]] Shuttle Flight Fact Sheet T+ 08:30 minutes The three main engines are cut off, the external tank is dropped, and the orbiter follows a low elliptical orbit. [[image]] T+45:00 minutes OMS engines are fired to put the shuttle in a stableorbit. [[image]] T+02:04 minutes The solid rockets exhaust their fuel, detach, and fall into the ocean. The three main engines continue to fire. [[image]] During orbit, the payload bay doors are open. [[image]] T-00:00 Solid rockets are ignited and the shuttle lifts off. Shuttle clears the launch pad six seconds later. [[image]] The shuttle reenters the atmosphere. [[image]] T-:07 seconds Computers command the shuttles three main engines to start. [[image]] T-2 hours Astronauts board the shuttle and prepare for launch. [[image]] It lands like an airplane! 07/10/96 Chapter 3 fact sheet