AS-202
Uncrewed test flight of the Apollo Program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the Apollo mission. For the aircraft, see FFA AS-202 Bravo.
AS-202 (also referred to as SA-202 or Apollo 2) was the second uncrewed, suborbital test flight of a production Block I Apollo command and service module launched with the Saturn IB launch vehicle. It was launched on August 25, 1966, and was the first flight which included the spacecraft guidance, navigation control system and fuel cells. The success of this flight enabled the Apollo program to judge the Block I spacecraft and Saturn IB ready to carry men into orbit on the next mission, AS-204.
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Mission type | Suborbital test flight |
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Operator | NASA |
Mission duration | 1 hour, 33 minutes, 2 seconds |
Range | 25,700 kilometers (13,900 nautical miles) |
Apogee | 1,142.9 kilometers (617.1 nautical miles) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Apollo CSM-011 |
Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
Launch mass | 20,091 kilograms (44,294 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | August 25, 1966, 17:15:32 (1966-08-25UTC17:15:32Z) UTC |
Rocket | Saturn IB |
Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-34 |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | USS Hornet |
Landing date | August 25, 1966, 18:48:34 (1966-08-25UTC18:48:35Z) UTC |
Landing site | North Pacific Ocean 16°07′N 168°54′E |
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