AS-102
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AS-102 (also designated SA-7) was the seventh flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the boilerplate Apollo spacecraft BP-15 into low Earth orbit.[2] The test took place on September 18, 1964, lasting for five orbits (about seven and a half hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed 59 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Indian Ocean on September 22, 1964.
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Mission type | Spacecraft aerodynamics |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1964-057A |
SATCAT no. | 883 |
Mission duration | ~7 hours, 30 minutes |
Orbits completed | 59 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Apollo BP-15 |
Launch mass | 16,700 kilograms (36,800 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | September 18, 1964, 16:22:43 (1964-09-18UTC16:22:43Z) UTC |
Rocket | Saturn I SA-7 |
Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-37B |
End of mission | |
Disposal | Uncontrolled reentry |
Last contact | September 18, 1964 (1964-09-19Z) UTC |
Decay date | September 22, 1964 (1964-09-23Z) UTC |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 177 kilometers (96 nmi) |
Apogee altitude | 206 kilometers (111 nmi) |
Inclination | 31.7 degrees |
Period | 88.32 minutes |
Epoch | September 20, 1964[1] |
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