Saturn V | Apollo 6
Launch information
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Apollo 6 was intended to send a Command and Service Module (CSM) plus a Lunar Module Test Article (LTA), a simulated Lunar Module (LM) with mounted structural vibration sensors, into a translunar trajectory. However, the Moon would not be in position for a translunar flight, and the Service Module engine would be fired about five minutes later to slow the craft, dropping its apogee to 11,989 nautical miles (22,204 km) and causing the CSM to return to Earth, simulating a "direct-return" abort. On the return leg, the engine would fire once more to accelerate the craft to simulate the nominal lunar return trajectory with a re-entry angle of -6.5 degrees and velocity of 36,500 feet per second (11,100 m/s). The entire mission would last about 10 hours.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 6’.
Partial Failure
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Class: normal
Launch T0: April 4, 1968, noon
Timezone: America/New_York
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
Apollo 6 (Elliptical) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
Rocket |
Saturn V |
Location |
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA |
Pad |
Launch Complex 39A |
Type |
Human Exploration |
Orbit |
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
Tracking key statistics for space mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 6’, classified in stats relative to the specific mission launch year or to all-time values.
Orbital Launch
#814
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Location Launch
#2
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Pad Launch
#2
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Agency Launch
#93
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Orbital Launch
#27
Year 1968
Location Launch
#1
Year 1968
Pad Launch
#1
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Agency Launch
#3
Year 1968
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