Apollo 17 Command and Service Module

Command and Service Module used during Apollo 17. Apollo 17 Command and Service Module was launched on December 7, 1972 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Dec 7, 1972).

COSPAR 1972-096ANORAD 6300United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: Apollo 17 CSM
Common name: Apollo 17 Command and Service Module
Payload designation: Apollo CM-114
Other names: America
International designator: 1972-096A
NORAD catalog number: 6300
GCAT identifier: S06300
UN registration: A/AC.105/INF.269

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: December 7, 1972 · 05:33 UTC
Launch record: 1972-096Success
Rocket: Saturn V
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): CLO
Perigee: 201 km
Apogee: 457,377 km
Inclination: 28.47°
Status: Docked with another object
Status date: December 7, 1972
Last known active: Dec 19, 1972
End of operations: Dec 19, 1972

Size

Mass: 5,844 kg
Dry mass: 5,844 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: D00463
Final central body: Luna
Phase start: December 10, 1972
Phase outcome: Undocked · December 11, 1972
Destination: Luna

Flight phases

From	Central body	Ended	Outcome	Next
Dec 7, 1972	Earth	Dec 10, 1972	Escaped to another body, attached	Luna
Dec 11, 1972	Luna	Dec 15, 1972	Renamed	Luna
Dec 15, 1972	Luna	Dec 16, 1972	Left orbit around the target	Luna
Dec 16, 1972	Luna	Dec 17, 1972	Escaped to another body	Earth
Dec 17, 1972	Earth	Dec 19, 1972	Landed	POR

Launched together

ChallengerHuman spaceflight · MSC

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28101398 (CC0).