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Apollo 15 Command and Service Module

Command and Service Module used during Apollo 15. Apollo 15 Command and Service Module was launched on July 26, 1971 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jul 26, 1971).

COSPAR 1971-063ANORAD 5351United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Apollo 15 CSM
Common name
Apollo 15 Command and Service Module
Payload designation
Apollo CM-112
Other names
Endeavour
International designator
1971-063A
NORAD catalog number
5351
GCAT identifier
S05351
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.239

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
July 26, 1971 · 13:34 UTC
Launch record
1971-063Success
Rocket
Saturn V
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
CLO
Perigee
203 km
Apogee
532,310 km
Inclination
29.69°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
July 26, 1971
Last known active
Aug 7, 1971
End of operations
Aug 7, 1971

Size

Mass
5,342 kg
Dry mass
5,342 kg
Total mass with attached objects
30.4 t
Length
3.5 m
Diameter
3.90 m
Span
3.9 m

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry
D00384
Final central body
Luna
Phase start
July 29, 1971
Phase outcome
Undocked · July 30, 1971

Flight phases

FromCentral bodyEndedOutcomeNext
Jul 27, 1971EarthJul 29, 1971Escaped to another body, attachedLuna
Jul 30, 1971LunaAug 2, 1971RenamedLuna
Aug 2, 1971LunaAug 4, 1971Left orbit around the targetLuna
Aug 4, 1971LunaAug 5, 1971Escaped to another bodyEarth
Aug 5, 1971EarthAug 7, 1971LandedPOR

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28101431 (CC0).