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Columbia
Apollo command module used during Apollo 11. Columbia was launched on July 16, 1969 aboard a Saturn V from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: docked with another object (Jul 16, 1969).
COSPAR 1969-059ANORAD 4039United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Apollo 11 CSM
- Common name
- Columbia
- Payload designation
- Apollo CM-107
- Other names
- Columbia
- International designator
- 1969-059A
- NORAD catalog number
- 4039
- GCAT identifier
- S04039
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.216
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
- July 16, 1969 · 13:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1969-059Success
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 222 km
- Apogee
- 565,954 km
- Inclination
- 31.40°
- Status
- Docked with another object
- Status date
- July 16, 1969
- Last known active
- Jul 24, 1969
- End of operations
- Jul 24, 1969
Size
- Mass
- 5,491 kg
- Dry mass
- 5,380 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 28.8 t
- Length
- 3.5 m
- Diameter
- 3.90 m
- Span
- 3.9 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00273
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- July 19, 1969
- Phase outcome
- Undocked · July 20, 1969
- Destination
- Luna
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 1969 | Earth | Jul 19, 1969 | Escaped to another body, attached | Luna |
| Jul 20, 1969 | Luna | Jul 21, 1969 | Renamed | — |
| Jul 21, 1969 | Luna | Jul 22, 1969 | Left orbit around the target | Earth |
| Jul 22, 1969 | Luna | Jul 22, 1969 | Escaped to another body | Earth |
| Jul 22, 1969 | Earth | Jul 24, 1969 | Landed | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q85753536 (CC0).