A-103 & Pegasus 1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:37:03

Tuesday February 16, 1965

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Mission Details

AS-103

Wiki

AS-103 was the third orbital flight test of a boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, and the first flight of a Pegasus micrometeoroid detection satellite. Also known as SA-9, it was the third operational launch of a two-stage Saturn I launch vehicle.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

Pegasus 1

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Pegasus 1 or I, known before launch as Pegasus A, was an American satellite which was launched in 1965 to study micrometeoroid impacts in low Earth orbit. It was the first of three Pegasus satellites to be launched. The Pegasus spacecraft were manufactured by Fairchild Hiller, and operated by NASA.

Low Earth Orbit

1 Payload

1,450 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Saturn I Block II

Active 1964 to 1965

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 55m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 9,070 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,700 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

66 days 5 hours

Stats

Saturn I


8th

Mission

1st

Mission of 1965

1965


11th

Orbital launch attempt