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STS-131 Launch Windows
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: April 1, 2010


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Changes and additions:
- Feb. 28: Updated chart

Editor's Note: The launch window for STS-130 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.


DATE.......WINDOW OPEN...IN PLANE......WINDOW CLOSE..DOCKING

04/05/10...06:16:23 AM...06:21:23 AM...06:26:23 AM...Flight Day 3
.......................................06:29:36 AM...FD 4

04/06/10...05:53:52 AM...05:58:52 AM...06:03:52 AM...FD 3

04/07/10...05:28:09 AM...05:33:09 AM...05:38:09 AM...FD 3
.......................................05:41:23 AM...FD 4

04/08/10...05:05:37 AM...05:10:37 AM...05:15:37 AM...FD 3

04/09/10...04:39:55 AM...04:44:55 AM...04:49:55 AM...FD 3
.......................................04:53:09 AM...FD 4

04/10/10...04:17:24 AM...04:22:24 AM...04:27:24 AM...FD 3

04/11/10...03:52:39 AM...03:56:42 AM...04:01:42 AM...FD 3
.......................................04:04:55 AM...FD 4

04/12/10...03:29:10 AM...03:34:10 AM...03:39:10 AM...FD 3

04/13/10...03:05:46 AM...03:08:28 AM...03:13:28 AM...FD 3
.......................................03:16:41 AM...FD 4

04/14/10...02:40:56 AM...02:45:56 AM...02:50:56 AM...FD 3
MISSION STATUS CENTER