1966 · National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Apollo AS-203

successSaturn IB | Apollo AS-203

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.

Overview

Date / time: July 5, 1966 at 02:53 PM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 37B
Mission: Apollo AS-203
Mission type: Test Flight
Orbit achieved: Low Earth Orbit

Launch vehicle

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Launch provider

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Payloads deployed · 1

APOLLO 3 (AS-203)

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