Spaceflight Now | STS-115 Shuttle Report

The Mission

		Orbiter: Atlantis Mission: STS-115 Launch: Sept. 9, 2006 Time: 11:15 a.m. EDT (1515 GMT) Site: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Landing: Sept. 21 @ 6:21 a.m. EDT (1021 GMT) Site: Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC Earlier Mission Coverage Mission Status Center Shuttle Launch Schedule Master Flight Plan NASA TV Schedule Launch Countdown STS-115 Quick-Look Launch Windows Chart Ascent Data Packet Rendezvous Timeline Key Personnel List Shuttle Flight History Launch/Landing Chart STS-121 Archive STS-114 Archive

The Crew

		Veteran shuttle commander Brent Jett leads a six-person crew launching aboard Atlantis for the STS-115 mission. Crew Quick-Look CDR: Brent Jett PLT: Chris Ferguson MS 1: Joe. Tanner MS 2: Dan Burbank MS 3: Heide Piper MS 4: Steve MacLean Manned Spaceflights Current Demographics Projected Demographics Spacewalk Statistics

STS-115 Launch Windows
COMPILED BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
Updated: Sept. 7, 2006

Changes and additions:
- July 20: Posting initial windows chart
- July 28: Adding Aug. 26/27 windows
- Aug. 4: Updating 8/27 launch window; adding scrub/turnaround options
- Aug. 22: Updating throughout
- Aug. 30: Updating throughout
- Sept. 7: Updating to reflect possible Sept. 8 launch

Atlantis' launch window is based on the international space station's orbit, the angle between the sun and the plane of the station's orbit and lighting conditions for photo documentation of the ship's external tank and heat shield. Based on those factors, the launch window extends from Aug. 27 through Sept. 13. But any launch past Sept. 8 would put the shuttle in conflict with launch of a Russian Soyuz capsule carrying the station's next full-time crew.

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