Mission record

Saturn IB | Apollo AS-203

Saturn IB· Space Launch Complex 37B· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Provider type
Government
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Test Flight
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Tue, 05 Jul 1966 14:53:17 GMT
Orbital launch #
#583 ever

Mission

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.

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