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Apollo 12 Command and Service Module

Command and Service Module used during Apollo 12. Apollo 12 Command and Service Module was launched on November 14, 1969 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Nov 14, 1969).

COSPAR 1969-099ANORAD 4225United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Apollo 12 CSM
Common name
Apollo 12 Command and Service Module
Payload designation
Apollo CM-108
Other names
Yankee Clipper
International designator
1969-099A
NORAD catalog number
4225
GCAT identifier
S04225
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.220

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
November 14, 1969 · 16:22 UTC
Launch record
1969-099Success
Rocket
Saturn V
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
CLO
Perigee
215 km
Apogee
409,386 km
Inclination
30.36°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
November 14, 1969
Last known active
Nov 24, 1969
End of operations
Nov 24, 1969

Size

Mass
5,572 kg
Dry mass
5,572 kg
Total mass with attached objects
28.8 t
Length
3.5 m
Diameter
3.90 m
Span
3.9 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry
D00291
Final central body
Luna
Phase start
November 17, 1969
Phase outcome
Undocked · November 19, 1969
Destination
Luna

Flight phases

FromCentral bodyEndedOutcomeNext
Nov 15, 1969EarthNov 17, 1969Escaped to another body, attachedLuna
Nov 19, 1969LunaNov 20, 1969RenamedLuna
Nov 20, 1969LunaNov 21, 1969Left orbit around the targetLuna
Nov 21, 1969LunaNov 22, 1969Escaped to another bodyEarth
Nov 22, 1969EarthNov 24, 1969Landed—

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28101414 (CC0).