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CBS NEWS STS-131 Launch Windows

Last Updated: 04/04/09

Compiled by William Harwood
CBS News Space Consultant

Changes and additions:

  • 02/28/10: Posting initial STS-131 launch windows chart
  • 03/13/10: Updating throughout
  • 03/29/10: Updating throughout
  • 04/03/10: Updaing 4/5-6 launch windows
  • 04/04/10: Updaing 4/5-6 launch windows
    • Editor's Note:

    The launch window for STS-131 is 10 minutes long, roughly centered on the moment when Earth's rotation carries the launch pad into the plane of the space station's orbit. To optimize ascent performance, NASA targets the "in-plane" time.

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