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3 m to launch... nice weather at Tanegashima... Launcher on inter power.

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Stage 1 LH2 pressurization complete.

Coming up on T-2 minutes.
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Tanks pressurised
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2 m to launch... pressurization complete.

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1 minute to launch!

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Stage 1 LOX pressurization complete.

T-1 minute and counting.
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One minute to launch

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T-45 seconds. Again, make sure to tune in to the Iridium-NEXT F4 launch if desired.
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T-30 seconds. Pad water deluge system turning on.

Main engine start will be commanded at T-4.7 seconds. Half a second before liftoff, the SRB-A3 motors will be ignited.
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T-15 seconds. Guidance flight mode is activated and the hydrogen burn igniters have been lit.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, main engine start, 4, 3, 2, 1, and we have liftoff. Liftoff of the GCOM-C and SLATS satellites atop the 37th H-IIA launch vehicle. We've cleared the tower.
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Pitch and roll programs have begun. The initial launch azimuth is 110 degrees, but a dogleg maneuver will be conducted before the end of first stage powered flight.
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LIFTOFF

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T+35 seconds. SRB-A3 chamber pressures look good. The LE-7A main engine also burning nicely.
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T+50 seconds. Mach 1 has been passed. Now going through Max-Q.

One minute into the flight.
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T+1 minute, 35 seconds.

SRB-A3 motors burning out. Standing by for jettison in about ten seconds.
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