liftoff timeline: T+0:00:01.1: Liftoff T+0:00:35.2: Mach 1 T+0:00:47.1: Max-Q T+0:01:49.3: Jettison SRBs T+0:03:27.6: Payload Fairing Jettison T+0:04:22.1: Main Engine Cutoff T+0:04:28.1: Stage Separation T+0:04:38.1: Centaur Ignition 1 T+0:11:27.9: Centaur Cutoff 1 T+0:44:59.5: Centaur Ignition 2 T+0:52:50.1: Centaur Cutoff 2 T+0:57:32.8: Mars 2020 Separation captured by virtual telescope after liftoff: near constellation Andromeda change in luminosity acquisition of telemetry signals after separation: terrain navigation system ULA spaceflightnow plan to enter mars atmosphere 18 feb 2021 The Mars 2020 rover will still be running the GESTALT AutoNav algorithms, but when the mission launches, the new rover will be carrying an FPGA-based hardware accelerator called the Vision Compute Element (VCE) that wasn’t present on the Curiosity rover. Early in the landing sequence, the CVAC accelerates tasks...