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อะพอลโล 6

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Also known as Apollo VI, AS-502

final uncrewed test flight of the United States Apollo program

Key facts

Mission type
Uncrewed Earth orbital CSM flight ( A )
Operator
NASA
Cospar id
1968-025A
Mission duration
9 hours 57 minutes 20 seconds
Spacecraft
Apollo CSM -020 Apollo LTA-2R
Manufacturer
North American Rockwell
Launch mass
Total: 36,930 kilograms (81,420 lb) CSM: 25,140 kilograms (55,420 lb)
Launch date
April 4, 1968, 12:00:01 ( 1968-04-04UTC12:00:01Z ) UTC
Rocket
Saturn V SA-502
Launch site
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Recovered by
USS Okinawa
Landing date
April 4, 1968, 21:57:21 ( 1968-04-04UTC21:57:22Z ) UTC
Landing site
27°40′N 157°55′W / 27.667°N 157.917°W / 27.667; -157.917 ( Apollo 6 splashdown )

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Wikidata facts

Operator
NASA
Followed by
Apollo 7
Follows
Apollo 5
Duration
35840
Mass
36929
Orbital period
389.3
Image
Apollo 6 launch.jpg
Significant event
splashdown
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orbits completed
3
apoapsis
22533
orbital inclination
32.6
periapsis
32
Commons category
Apollo 6
UTC date of spacecraft launch
1968-04-04
space launch vehicle
Saturn V
location of landing
Pacific Ocean
UTC date of spacecraft landing
1968-04-04
recovered by
USS Okinawa
native label
Apollo 6
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