Let your fingers do the walking thru these launch windows

The launch window for STS-135 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. All times are Eastern Daylight, UTC -5

DATE.......WINDOW OPEN...IN PLANE......WINDOW CLOSE..DOCKING
    
Fri 07/08...11:21:46 AM...11:26:46 AM...11:31:46 AM...FD 3
........................................11:35:04 AM...FD 4

Sat 07/09...10:59:15 AM...11:04:15 AM...11:09:15 AM...FD 3

Sun 07/10...10:33:31 AM...10:38:31 AM...10:43:31 AM...FD 3
........................................10:46:45 AM...FD 4

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NO LAUNCH BETWEEN 07/11-15 DUE TO DELTA 4 LAUNCH CONFLICT
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Mon 07/11...10:10:58 AM...10:15:58 AM...10:20:58 AM...FD 3
........................................10:24:16 AM...FD 4

Tue 07/12...09:46:34 AM...09:50:16 AM...09:55:16 AM...FD 3
........................................09:56:18 AM...FD 3
........................................09:58:27 AM...FD 4

Wed 07/13...09:22:42 AM...09:27:42 AM...09:32:42 AM...FD 3
........................................09:35:57 AM...FD 4

Thu 07/14...09:00:10 AM...09:05:10 AM...09:10:10 AM...FD 3

Fri 07/15...08:34:28 AM...08:39:28 AM...08:44:28 AM...FD 3
........................................08:47:39 AM...FD 4

 As we get into the end of the month the window gets earlier, mid July you would have a night time pre dawn launch, which would be a fitting end much like Apollo 17.





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