AS-104
1965 orbital test of a Apollo spacecraft / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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AS-104 was the fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, and the second flight of the Pegasus micrometeoroid detection satellite. It was launched by SA-8, the ninth Saturn I carrier rocket.
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Mission type | Spacecraft aerodynamics; micrometeoroid investigation |
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Operator | NASA |
COSPAR ID | 1965-039B |
SATCAT no. | 1385 |
Mission duration | 8,810 days[1] |
Distance travelled | 3,282,050,195 kilometers (2.039371443×109 mi) |
Orbits completed | ~79,790 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Apollo BP-26 Pegasus 2 |
Launch mass | 1,451.5 kilograms (3,200 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | May 25, 1965, 07:35:01 (1965-05-25UTC07:35:01Z) UTC |
Rocket | Saturn I SA-8 |
Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-37B |
End of mission | |
Decay date | July 8, 1989 (1989-07-09)[1] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth orbit |
Perigee altitude | 511 kilometers (318 mi) |
Apogee altitude | 739 kilometers (459 mi) |
Inclination | 31.7 degrees |
Period | 97.2 minutes |
Epoch | 4 July 1965[2] |
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