It's probably best not to discuss it in terms of "leaving the Earth's atmosphere". The shuttle never really did, the atmosphere in some form goes out very far indeed. However we *can* look at some times, velocities and burns. For STS-135 these are the important times (given in minutes and seconds from liftoff) - Solid rocket booster staging: 2:03 - Main engine cut-off: 8:23.8 - OMS-2 perigee-raising burn: 37:45 And the corresponding velocities - Main engine cut-off: 25817 ft/s (28328 km/hr using the units you mentioned) - OMS-2 delta-v: 96.8 ft/s (106 km/hr) And the orbital parameters (units are nautical miles given as altitudes, all numbers are approximate) - Main engine cutoff: Apogee 118 nm, Perigee 31 nm - Post OMS-2: Apogee 124 nm, Perigee 84.9 nm Sources: - [Space Shuttle Mission Summary][1] - [STS-135 Space Reporter's Handbook][2] [1]: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20110001406/downloads/20110001406.pdf [2]: https://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/srh/SRH_135_best.pdf