* Astronomy

The New Horizons probe successfully lifted off from pad 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 19:00 GMT, 19th January, 2006.

The next planetary pit stop will be a slingshot manoeuvre at Jupiter in February 2007. The planet's massive gravity should accelerate New Horizons an additional 14,483 kph to a blistering, 21 kilometres per second, which will enable it to reach Pluto, five years earlier than otherwise, on July 2015.

-- Edited by Blobrana at 21:32, 2006-01-19

T plus 42 minutes
Third stage burn out over the indian ocean

T plus 40 minutes

MECO 2! The Centaur's engine has shut down

T plus 17 minutes
The Centaur main engine will cut off and the vehicle will coast about 22 minutes in an elliptical parking orbit. The Centaur will then ignite a second time, burning nearly 10 minutes before separating from the mission-unique third stage that includes a Star-48B kick motor and the New Horizons Observatory. The observatory is due to separate at a mission elapsed time of 47:47 minutes, heading off toward Pluto at a speed of approximately 10 miles per second.

Spacecraft Separation: Approximately 48 minutes after liftoff

Parking Orbit Parameters:
Apogee Altitude: 166 nm (307 km/191 statute miles)
Perigee Altitude: 89 nm (165 km/102 statute miles)