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AS-203

AS-203 (also known as SA-203 or Apollo 3) was an uncrewed flight of the Saturn IB rocket on July 5, 1966. It carried no command and service module, as its purpose was to verify the design of the S-IVB rocket stage restart capability that would later be used in the Apollo program to boost astronauts from Earth orbit to a trajectory towards the Moon. It…

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Apogee altitude
214 kilometers (116 nmi)
COSPAR ID
1966-059A
Destroyed
July 5, 1966 (1966-07-06)
Distance travelled
161,900 kilometers (87,400 nmi)
Epoch
July 5, 1966
Inclination
31.94 degrees

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AS-203

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Edges23
Triples55
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
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related to External links · 12
AS-203 → Apollo, Apollo Launch Facilities, AS-203 Launch Video Archived, Data Coordinated ArchiveMoonport, History, Manned Lunar Spacecraft Archived, October, Operations Archived March, Spaceflight, Wayback Machine, Wayback MachineChariots, Wayback MachineNASA Space Science
related to Objectives · 12
AS-203 → Also, AS-201, AS-202, Earth, In, Moon, S-IVB-200, S-IVB-500, Saturn, The, This, TV
related to Preparation · 12
AS-203 → April, AS-201, AS-202, Cape Kennedy, CSM, In, Instrument Unit, On April, Once, Pad, S-IB, The S-IVB
Apogee altitude · 1
AS-203 → 214 kilometers (116 nmi)
COSPAR ID · 1
AS-203 → 1966-059A
Destroyed · 1
AS-203 → July 5, 1966 (1966-07-06)
Distance travelled · 1
AS-203 → 161,900 kilometers (87,400 nmi)
Epoch · 1
AS-203 → July 5, 1966
Inclination · 1
AS-203 → 31.94 degrees
Launch date · 1
AS-203 → July 5, 1966, 14:53:13 (1966-07-05UTC14:53:13Z) UTC

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s-ivb launch design saturn orbit stage apollo rocket would flight objectives orbits cape kennedy tank two test vehicle spacecraft ib

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AS-203Apogee altitude214 kilometers (116 nmi)1.00infobox
AS-203COSPAR ID1966-059A1.00infobox
AS-203DestroyedJuly 5, 1966 (1966-07-06)1.00infobox
AS-203Distance travelled161,900 kilometers (87,400 nmi)1.00infobox
AS-203EpochJuly 5, 19661.00infobox
AS-203Inclination31.94 degrees1.00infobox
AS-203Launch dateJuly 5, 1966, 14:53:13 (1966-07-05UTC14:53:13Z) UTC1.00infobox
AS-203Launch siteCape Kennedy LC-37B1.00infobox
AS-203Mission duration~6 hours1.00infobox
AS-203Mission typeLaunch vehicle development1.00infobox
AS-203OperatorNASA1.00infobox
AS-203Orbits completed41.00infobox
AS-203Perigee altitude184 kilometers (99 nmi)1.00infobox
AS-203Period88.47 minutes1.00infobox
AS-203Reference systemGeocentric1.00infobox
AS-203RegimeLow Earth orbit1.00infobox
AS-203RocketSaturn IB SA-2031.00infobox
AS-203SATCAT no.22891.00infobox
AS-203SpacecraftNone1.00infobox

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