Human Spaceflight
APOLLO 12 LM APS
DecayedHuman SpaceflightLunar
The ascent propulsion system (APS) or lunar module ascent engine (LMAE) is a fixed-thrust hypergolic rocket engine developed by Bell Aerosystems for use in the Apollo Lunar Module ascent stage. It used Aerozine 50 fuel, and N2O4 oxidizer. Rocketdyne provided the injector system, at the request of NASA, when Bell could not solve combustion instability problems.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 14, 1969 at 04:22 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Saturn V →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Apollo 12
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Lunar
- Reference body
- Lunar
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1969-099C
- NORAD catalog №
- 4246
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 20, 1969
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 20, 1969
- Time in service
- 6 days
- Fate
- Mission ended at Lunar.
- Final status
- Decayed