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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
14:37:03
Tuesday February 16, 1965
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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 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
8th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1965
11th
Orbital launch attempt