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AS-103
Third boilerplate test of the Apollo spacecraft and launch of Pegasus 1. AS-103 was launched on February 16, 1965 aboard a Saturn I from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Sep 17, 1978).
COSPAR 1965-009ANORAD 1085United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Pegasus 1
- Common name
- AS-103
- International designator
- 1965-009A
- NORAD catalog number
- 1085
- GCAT identifier
- S01085
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.100
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Pegasus
- Owner
- NASA MSFC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Fairchild Hiller Space Systems Division
- Platform (bus)
- Pegasus
Launch
- Date
- February 16, 1965 · 14:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-009Success
- Rocket
- Saturn I
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 500 km
- Apogee
- 731 km
- Inclination
- 31.75°
- Status
- Reentered attached to another object
- Status date
- September 17, 1978
- Last known active
- Aug 29, 1968
- End of operations
- Aug 29, 1968
Size
- Mass
- 1,400 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,400 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 10.3 t
- Length
- 5.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 29.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q277734 (CC0).