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Saturn IB: Apollo AS-203

The purpose of Apollo 203 was to check out the behaviour of the fuel inside the Saturn-4B stage in weightlessness, which was crucial to allow the reignition of the stage.

Tuesday, 5 July 1966
Saturn IB: Apollo AS-203

Mission Data

National Aeronautics and Space Administration
🇺🇸National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationEst. 1958
Launch VehicleSaturn IB
Vehicle FamilySaturn
Vehicle Record9 of 10 launches (90%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record122 successes / 20 failures (86%)
Success Streak12 consecutive
ProgramApollo · Human Spaceflight
Mission TypeTest Flight
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadSpace Launch Complex 37B
Location🇺🇸 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#66
Agency Launches This Year#7
Launches From This Pad40
Launches From This Site1,132
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Saturn IB

The Saturn IB (pronounced "one B", also known as the Uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It replaced the S-IV second stage of the Saturn I with the much more powerful S-IVB, able to launch a partially fueled Apollo Command/Service Module (CSM) or a fully fueled Lunar Module (LM) into low Earth orbit for early flight tests before the larger Saturn V needed for lunar flight was ready.

Launch Site

Space Launch Complex 37B · 28.5317°N 80.5649°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.