Friday, April 19, 1996

Saturn S-IVB-508

 1970-029B


SA-508 was launched on 1970 Apr 11 at 1913. Apollo 13 separated from the Saturn at 2314, and the S-IVB made its evasive maneuver at 2331 and vented propellants at 2352. At 0112:59 on Apr 12 the stage maneuvered again to set course for lunar impact. S-IVB-508 impacted the lunar surface at 0109:40 on Apr 15 at 2.5S 27.9W. Impact velocity was 2.579 km/s at 15 deg to local vertical.


S-4B-508 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Apr 11  1913:00  Launch by Saturn V (SA-508)  KSC LC39A 
 1915:15  S-IC CECO 
 1915:44  S-IC OECO, S-IC sep 63 km  -6006 x 112 x 31.8  
 1915:46  S-II ignition 
 1916:14  Interstage sep  -5946 x 120 x 31.9 
 1916:20  LES sep 92 km  -5931 x 122 x 31.9 
 1917:31  T+4:31 SIC apogee, 117 km  
 1918:31  S-II premature CECO 
 1921:07  T+9:07 SIC impact at 30.18N 74.07W 
 1922:53  S-II OECO, sep  -2158 x 190 x 32.6 
   -2160 x 184 x 32.53 (MPR-SAT) 
 1922:57  S-IVB ignition 
 1923:05  Ullage case sep 
 1923:32  SII apogee 191 km  
 1925:30  S-IVB cutoff 
 1925:40  Earth orbit insertion  88.32 184 x 186 x 32.53 
 1933:58  T+20:58 S-II impact 31.32N 33.29W 
 2013   
 2148:46  S-IVB TLI burn 
 2154:37  S-IVB cutoff 
 2154:47  Translunar injection 217 x 566793 x 31.81  
   217 x 535750 x 31.82  
 2219:39  CSM sep from S-IVB/SLA  219 x 549183 x 31.74  
  SLA panels sep 
 2230  CSM docked with LM 
 2232:08  CSM hard docked 
 2314:01  CSM/LM sep from S-IVB 
 2331:01  APS-1 evasive burn 3.0m/s 
 2332:20  APS-1 cutoff  
 2347:39  CVS venting 0.4m/s 
 2352:19  LOX dump 8.7m/s 
 2353:07  LOX dump complete 
 2354:26  H2 NPV vent on 
1970 Apr 12  0113:00  APS-2 burn 9.1m/s  
 0116:36  APS-2 cutoff  25 x 522040 x 31.84  
 1220?  Pass EL1:4 
 1442:10  Unscheduled venting, 2.4m/s  47 x 519381 x 31.832 
1970 Apr 15  0109:40  Impact  

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