RocketSaturn V
SpaceportCape Canaveral & Kennedypad LC39A
OutcomeSuccess
Launch agencyNASA MSFCUnited States
Flight
- Date and time (UTC)
- April 16, 1972, 17:54
- Launch designation
- 1972-031
- Mission
- Apollo CM-113
- Flight name
- Apollo 16
- Vehicle flight ID
- SA-511
- Year
- Launches in 1972
Orbit and payload
- Initial perigee
- 167 km
- Initial apogee
- 168 km
- Inclination
- 32.5°
- Payload mass to orbit
- 48.0 t
- Payloads
- 5
- GCAT launch code
- DS
Payloads
| Payload | Designation | Owner | Mission type | Mass | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apollo 16 CSM | 1972-031ANORAD 6000 | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center | Human spaceflight | 5,908 kg | Docked with another object · Apr 16, 1972 |
| Apollo 16 LM | 1972-031CNORAD 6005 | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center | Human spaceflight | 4,781 kg | Left Earth orbit for deep space · Apr 17, 1972 |
| Apollo 16 Subsatellite | 1972-031DNORAD 6009 | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center | Space science | 40 kg | Left Earth orbit for deep space · Apr 17, 1972 |
| LRV-2 | 1972-031 | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center | — | — | — |
| Apollo 16 ALSEP | 1972-031 | NASA Manned Spacecraft Center | — | — | — |
Source: GCAT launch list and payload catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Orbit values are the initial orbit reported for the launch.