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AS-104

Fourth boilerplate test of Apollo spacecraft and launch of Pegasus 2. AS-104 was launched on May 25, 1965 aboard a Saturn I from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered attached to another object (Nov 3, 1979).

COSPAR 1965-039ANORAD 1381United States

Identity

Name in GCAT
Pegasus 2
Common name
AS-104
International designator
1965-039A
NORAD catalog number
1381
GCAT identifier
S01381
UN registration
A/AC.105/INF.108

Mission

Mission type
Space science
Use
Civil government
Program
Pegasus
Country
United States
Builder
Fairchild Hiller Space Systems Division
Platform (bus)
Pegasus

Launch

Date
May 25, 1965 · 07:35 UTC
Launch record
1965-039Success
Rocket
Saturn I
Spaceport
Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC37B

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT)
LEO/I
Perigee
508 km
Apogee
737 km
Inclination
31.76°
Status
Reentered attached to another object
Status date
November 3, 1979
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 Q277739 (CC0).