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CBS NEWS STS-128 Launch Windows

Last Updated: 08/27/09

Compiled by William Harwood
CBS News Space Consultant

Changes and additions:

  • 08/10/09: Posting initial STS-128 launch windows chart
  • 08/19/09: Updating 8/25 launch window
  • 08/25/09: Correcting dual single-day launch period
  • 08/27/09: Updating 8/28 launch window
  • 08/27/09: Updating 8/28 launch window

    • 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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