Key statistics
Satellite APOLLO 6 at a glance.
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for APOLLO 6.
Object identification
Object name: APOLLO 6
International designator: 1968-025A
Object number (NORAD): 3170
Object ID (CCSDS): 3170
Country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (US)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Decay date: April 4, 1968
Inclination: 32.5 deg
Period: 88.2 minutes
Apoapsis: 184.0 km
Periapsis: 183.0 km
Two-line elements (TLE)
No TLE available, as this satellite has decayed and is no longer in orbit.
Live tracking on map
Satellite APOLLO 6 has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.
Associated space launch
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.
APOLLO 6 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Saturn V | Apollo 6’, on board a Saturn V space rocket.
The launch took place on April 4, 1968, noon from Launch Complex 39A.
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Saturn V | Apollo 6
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch was a Partial Failure
Launch date: April 4, 1968, noon UTC
Rocket: Saturn V
Launch pad: Launch Complex 39A
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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