AS-203

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AS-203 was an uncrewed Saturn IB test flight in NASA’s Apollo program, primarily used to study the behavior of liquid hydrogen fuel in orbit.

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instanceOf Apollo program mission
Saturn IB test flight
uncrewed spaceflight
apogeeApprox ~190 km
apsis gee
capsuleFlown none
commandModule not flown
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
crew none
failureEvent loss of vehicle due to rupture of S-IVB hydrogen tank
failurePhase on-orbit operations
followedBy Apollo 4 NERFINISHED
inclinationApprox ~31.7 degrees
isApolloNumberedFlight true
isUncrewed true
launchDate 1966-07-05
5 July 1966
launchMassApprox ~54,000 kg
launchPad Launch Complex 34 NERFINISHED
launchSite Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 NERFINISHED
LC-34
launchTimeUTC 1966-07-05T14:53:17Z
launchVehicle Saturn IB NERFINISHED
missionDuration ~4 hours
~4 hours 35 minutes
missionOutcome partial success
missionType technology demonstration
upper stage propellant behavior test
operator NASA
orbitType low Earth orbit
perigeeApprox ~185 km
precededBy AS-202
primaryObjective study behavior of liquid hydrogen in orbit
support design of Saturn V S-IVB restart capability
test S-IVB stage performance in space
program Apollo program NERFINISHED
result contributed to design of restartable S-IVB for Saturn V
provided data on liquid hydrogen slosh and tank behavior in microgravity
validated aspects of S-IVB structural and thermal performance
rocketFamily Saturn I family NERFINISHED
serviceModule not flown
spaceAgency National Aeronautics and Space Administration NERFINISHED
spacecraftStageTested S-IVB NERFINISHED
upperStageOxidizer liquid oxygen
upperStagePropellant liquid hydrogen
yearOfSpaceflight 1966

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Apollo 4 precededBy AS-203