Launch index
Launch Successful

Saturn IB | Apollo AS-203

July 5, 1966 at 2:53 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Saturn IB | Apollo AS-203 launch image
Mission imagery · Saturn IB

Launch details

LAUNCH IN

T−00d00h00m00s

July 5, 1966 at 2:53 PM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.5317, -80.5649

Open map
Rocket
Saturn IB
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Launch probability
Not published
Window opens
July 5, 1966 at 2:53 PM UTC
Window closes
July 5, 1966 at 2:53 PM UTC
Feed updated
June 14, 2023 at 5:43 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Saturn IB

Saturn · IB

Height

43.2 m

Diameter

6.61 m

LEO capacity

21,000 kg

Successful launches

9

Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Open map