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Apollo 16 Command and Service Module
Command and Service Module used during Apollo 16. Apollo 16 Command and Service Module was launched on April 16, 1972 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Apr 16, 1972).
COSPAR 1972-031ANORAD 6000United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apollo 16 CSM
- Common name
- Apollo 16 Command and Service Module
- Payload designation
- Apollo CM-113
- Other names
- Casper
- International designator
- 1972-031A
- NORAD catalog number
- 6000
- GCAT identifier
- S06000
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.257
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
- April 16, 1972 · 17:54 UTC
- Launch record
- 1972-031Success
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 202 km
- Apogee
- 471,165 km
- Inclination
- 32.51°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- April 16, 1972
- Last known active
- Apr 27, 1972
- End of operations
- Apr 27, 1972
Size
- Mass
- 5,908 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,908 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
- D00440
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- April 19, 1972
- Phase outcome
- Undocked · April 20, 1972
- Destination
- Luna
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 1972 | Earth | Apr 19, 1972 | Escaped to another body, attached | Luna |
| Apr 20, 1972 | Luna | Apr 24, 1972 | Renamed | Luna |
| Apr 24, 1972 | Luna | Apr 25, 1972 | Left orbit around the target | Luna |
| Apr 25, 1972 | Luna | Apr 25, 1972 | Escaped to another body | Earth |
| Apr 25, 1972 | Earth | Apr 27, 1972 | Landed | POR |
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28101407 (CC0).