AS-202
Sign in to saveAS-202 (also referred to as SA-202 or Apollo 2) was the second uncrewed, suborbital test flight of a production Block I Apollo command and service module launched with the Saturn IB launch vehicle. It was launched on August 25, 1966, and was the first flight which included the spacecraft guidance, navigation control system and fuel cells. The success of this flight enabled the Apollo program to judge the Block I spacecraft and Saturn IB ready to carry men into orbit on the next mission, AS-204.
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- AS-202
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- AS-202 launch.jpg
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- Launch of AS-202
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- Suborbital test flight
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- NASA
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- 1 hour, 33 minutes, 2 seconds
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- Apollo CSM-011
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- North American Aviation
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- UTC
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- Saturn IB
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- Cape Kennedy LC-34
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- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- North Pacific Ocean
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- Apollo 1-A
- Spaceflight.next_mission
- Apollo 3
- Spaceflight.programme
- Apollo program
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AS-202 (also referred to as SA-202 or Apollo 2) was the second uncrewed, suborbital test flight of a production Block I Apollo command and service module launched with the Saturn IB launch vehicle. It was launched on August 25, 1966, and was the first flight which included the spacecraft guidance, navigation control system and fuel cells. The success of this flight enabled the Apollo program to judge the Block I spacecraft and Saturn IB ready to carry men into orbit on the next mission, AS-204.
==Objectives== AS-202 was the third test flight of the Saturn IB, because a delay in the readiness of the Apollo spacecraft 011 pushed its launch past the July 1966 launch of AS-203. It was designed to test the rocket more than had been done on AS-201 by launching the rocket higher and having the flight lasting twice as long. It would also test the command and service module (CSM-011) by having the engine fire four times during the flight.