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Apollo 9 Command and Service Module

Command and Service Module used during Apollo 9. Apollo 9 Command and Service Module was launched on March 3, 1969 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Mar 3, 1969).

COSPAR 1969-018ANORAD 3769United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Apollo 9 CSM
Common name
Apollo 9 Command and Service Module
Payload designation
Apollo CM-104
Other names
Gumdrop
International designator
1969-018A
NORAD catalog number
3769
GCAT identifier
S03769
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.205

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
March 3, 1969 · 16:00 UTC
Launch record
1969-018Success
Rocket
Saturn V
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LLEO/I
Perigee
204 km
Apogee
498 km
Inclination
33.83°
Status
Docked with another object
Status date
March 3, 1969
Last known active
Mar 13, 1969
End of operations
Mar 13, 1969

Size

Mass
5,626 kg
Dry mass
5,626 kg
Total mass with attached objects
26.8 t
Length
3.5 m
Diameter
3.90 m
Span
3.9 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q28101440 (CC0).