AS-104
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AS-104 was the fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, and the second flight of the Pegasus micrometeoroid detection satellite. It was launched by SA-8, the ninth Saturn I carrier rocket.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- AS-104
- Spaceflight.image
- Saturn SA8 launch.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Launch of Saturn AS-104
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Spacecraft aerodynamics;micrometeoroid investigation
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 1965-039B
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 1385
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 8,810 days
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- ~79,790
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- Apollo BP-26Pegasus 2
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Saturn I SA-8
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Cape Kennedy LC-37B
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 4 July 1965
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth orbit
- Spaceflight.orbit_inclination
- 31.7 degrees
- Spaceflight.orbit_period
- 97.2 minutes
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- Image
- Saturn SA8 launch.jpg
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- Saturn-Apollo 8
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1965-05-25
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AS-104 was the fourth orbital test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, and the second flight of the Pegasus micrometeoroid detection satellite. It was launched by SA-8, the ninth Saturn I carrier rocket.
==Objectives== The primary mission objective was to demonstrate the launch vehicle's iterative guidance mode and to evaluate system accuracy. The launch trajectory was similar to that of mission AS-103.
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