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Apollo 6 Lunar Module test article
Modified Lunar Module for Apollo 6. Apollo 6 Lunar Module test article was launched on April 4, 1968 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Sep 3, 1968).
COSPAR 1968-025ENORAD 3187United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- LTA-2R
- Common name
- Apollo 6 Lunar Module test article
- International designator
- 1968-025E
- NORAD catalog number
- 3187
- GCAT identifier
- S03187
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- LTA
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Platform (bus)
- LTA
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)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 236 km
- Apogee
- 359 km
- Inclination
- 32.57°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- September 3, 1968
- Last known active
- Apr 4, 1968
- End of operations
- Apr 4, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 11.8 t
- Dry mass
- 11.8 t
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Diameter
- 4.30 m
- Span
- 7.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q89642682 (CC0).