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Apollo 6
Final uncrewed test flight of the United States Apollo program. Apollo 6 was launched on April 4, 1968 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: landed (Apr 4, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-025ANORAD 3170United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apollo 6
- Payload designation
- Apollo SC020
- Other names
- AS-502
- International designator
- 1968-025A
- NORAD catalog number
- 3170
- GCAT identifier
- S03170
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.191
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Apollo I
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- North American Aviation, Missile Division, Downey
- Platform (bus)
- CM
Launch
- Date
- April 4, 1968 · 12:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1968-025Success
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- TA
- Perigee
- 33 km
- Apogee
- 22,533 km
- Inclination
- 32.66°
- Status
- Landed
- Status date
- April 4, 1968
- Last known active
- Apr 4, 1968
- End of operations
- Apr 4, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 5,689 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,573 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 38.6 t
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.90 m
- Span
- 3.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q222871 (CC0).