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AS-105
Fifth and final boilerplate test of the Apollo spacecraft and launch of Pegasus 3. AS-105 was launched on July 30, 1965 aboard a Saturn I from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: reentered (orbital decay) (Nov 22, 1975).
COSPAR 1965-060BNORAD 1468United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apollo BP-9A
- Common name
- AS-105
- Payload designation
- Apollo BP-9A CM
- Other names
- AS-105
- International designator
- 1965-060B
- NORAD catalog number
- 1468
- GCAT identifier
- S01468
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.112
Mission
- Mission type
- Human spaceflight
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Apollo BPS
- Owner
- MSC
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- North American Aviation, Missile Division, Downey
- Platform (bus)
- CM
Launch
- Date
- July 30, 1965 · 13:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 1965-060Success
- Rocket
- Saturn I
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC37B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 521 km
- Apogee
- 536 km
- Inclination
- 28.87°
- Status
- Reentered (orbital decay)
- Status date
- November 22, 1975
- Last known active
- Jul 30, 1965
- End of operations
- Jul 30, 1965
Size
- Mass
- 2,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 5,297 kg
- 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 Q277747 (CC0).