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CBS NEWS STS-127 Launch Windows

Last Updated: 07/15/09

Compiled by William Harwood
CBS News Space Consultant

Changes and additions:

  • 05/31/09: Posting initial STS-127 launch windows chart
  • 06/02/09: Updating throughout
  • 06/12/09: Updating 6/13 window
  • 06/14/09: Updating 6/17 window
  • 06/16/09: Updating 6/17 window by 2 seconds
  • 07/06/09: Updating windows for 7/11-14
  • 07/11/09: Updating 7/12 launch window
  • 07/13/09: Updating 7/13 launch window
  • 07/15/09: Updating 7/15-16 launch windows

    • The launch window for STS-127 is 10 minutes long, centered on the moment when Earth's rotation carries the pad into the plane of the space station's orbit. To optimize ascent performance, NASA targets the "in-plane" time.

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