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National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSaturn IBSpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Apollo AS-203
Launched
July 5, 1966
Summary
Apollo AS-203 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Saturn IB from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 5, 1966. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 81st launch, 7th this year and humanity's 583rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Saturn IB flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). AS-203 Nosecone, one of 35 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 221 km orbit inclined 32.0°. 35 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Saturn IB flightNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 81st launch7th this yearhumanity's 583rd orbital launch attempt66th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
AS-203 Nosecone · NORAD 2291 · 1966-059 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 35 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- SATURN 1B DEB
- Object ID
- 1966-059B
- Epoch
- 1966-07-05 17:38:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.27379993 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0022272
- Inclination
- 31.981°
- Ascending node
- 5.587°
- Arg. of perigee
- 6.1632°
- Mean anomaly
- 353.9219°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
35 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 33 debris; none still in orbit
- AS-203 Nosecone · NORAD 2291 · re-entered July 13, 1966
Saturn S-IVB-203 · broke up July 5, 1966
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
The purpose of Apollo 203 was to check out the behaviour of the fuel inside the Saturn-4B stage in weightlessness, which was crucial to allow the reignition of the stage.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
7th launch from Space Launch Complex 37B, 1st this year · 175th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
40 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
340 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Apollo AS-203 launch?
Apollo AS-203 launched on July 5, 1966. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Apollo AS-203?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Apollo AS-203?
Saturn IB, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Saturn IB spec sheet
Where did Apollo AS-203 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Apollo AS-203 reach?
AS-203 Nosecone, one of 35 catalogued objects, reached a 192 × 221 km orbit inclined 32.0°.
How many satellites did Apollo AS-203 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Apollo AS-203 part of?
Apollo. About Apollo