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Apollo 10 Command and Service Module

Command and Service Module used during Apollo 10. Apollo 10 Command and Service Module was launched on May 18, 1969 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (May 18, 1969).

COSPAR 1969-043ANORAD 3941United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Apollo 10 CSM
Common name
Apollo 10 Command and Service Module
Payload designation
Apollo CM-106
Other names
Charlie Brown
International designator
1969-043A
NORAD catalog number
3941
GCAT identifier
S03941
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.211

Mission

Mission type
Human spaceflight
Use
Civil government
Program
Apollo II
Owner
MSC
Country
United States
Builder
North American Aviation, Missile Division, Downey
Platform (bus)
CM

Launch

Date
May 18, 1969 · 16:49 UTC
Launch record
1969-043Success
Rocket
Saturn V
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
CLO
Perigee
227 km
Apogee
607,532 km
Inclination
31.80°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
May 18, 1969
Last known active
May 26, 1969
End of operations
May 26, 1969

Size

Mass
5,505 kg
Dry mass
5,505 kg
Total mass with attached objects
28.7 t
Length
3.5 m
Diameter
3.90 m
Span
3.9 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry
D00253
Final central body
Luna
Phase start
May 21, 1969
Phase outcome
Undocked · May 22, 1969

Flight phases

FromCentral bodyEndedOutcomeNext
May 19, 1969EarthMay 21, 1969Escaped to another body, attachedLuna
May 22, 1969LunaMay 23, 1969Docked with another objectD00244
May 23, 1969LunaMay 23, 1969Undocked—
May 23, 1969LunaMay 24, 1969Left orbit around the target—
May 24, 1969LunaMay 24, 1969Escaped to another bodyEarth
May 25, 1969EarthMay 26, 1969Landed164.4W 15.0S

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28101423 (CC0).