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Apollo 5
Uncrewed test flight of the United States Apollo program. Apollo 5 was launched on January 22, 1968 aboard a Saturn IB from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Jan 23, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-007ANORAD 3106United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apollo 5 LM
- Common name
- Apollo 5
- Payload designation
- LM 1 AS
- International designator
- 1968-007A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3106
- GCAT identifier
- S03106
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.187
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- LM AS
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Platform (bus)
- LM AS
Launch
- Date
- January 22, 1968 · 22:48 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-007Success
- Rocket
- Saturn IB
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 171 km
- Apogee
- 980 km
- Inclination
- 31.62°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- January 23, 1968
- Last known active
- Jan 23, 1968
- End of operations
- Jan 23, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 4,705 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,092 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 4.30 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q242528 (CC0).