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Unmanned Mission
AS-203 (18)
Pad 37-B (7)
Saturn-1B (2)
Evaluate performance on S-IVB instrument unit stage under orbital conditions and obtain
flight information on venting and chill-down systems, fluid dynamics and heat transfer of
propellant tanks; attitude and thermal control system, launch vehicle guidance, and checkout
in orbit
(Achieved).
July 5, 1966, 10:53:17 a.m. EDT. Complex 37B, Eastern Test Range Cape Canaveral, FL.
Hold for 4 minutes to examine quality of signal from liquid-hydrogen television cameras; 98-min hold because of loss of signal from camera no. 2 (decision made to fly with one camera); 1 minute hold because of loss of Bermuda radar.
Altitude: 185km x
189km
Inclination: xxx degrees
Orbits: 4
Duration: Days, hours, min, seconds
Distance: miles
No Recovery
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1
Spacecraft
Payload
Nose
Cone
LH2 in S-IVB
Milestones
04/06/66 - S-IVB ondock at KSC
04/12/66 - S-1 Stage ondock at KSC
04/12/66 - S-1B Stage ondock at KSC
04/14/66 - S-IU ondock at KSC
04/21/66 - Launch vehicle at Pad
07/01/66 - Countdown demonstration Test
07/05/66 - Launch
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