Wednesday, March 3, 1999

Apollo 9 (Gumdrop)

  1969-018A


The Command and Service Module for the Apollo 9 mission was CSM 104, named Gumdrop for its shape. On Mar 8 Gumdrop lowered its perigee to improve conditions for multispectral photography of the Earth.

Gumdrop (CSM 104) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Mar 3  1600:00  Launch by Saturn V (SA-504)  KSC LC39A 
 1602:14  S-IC CECO 
 1602:43  S-IC OECO 
 1602:43  S-IC sep  -6000 x 110 x 32.1 
 1602:44  S-II ignition 
 1603:13  Interstage sep 
 1603:19  LES sep 
 1608:57  S-II OECO, sep -2070 x 189 x 32.7 
 1608:57  S-IVB ignition 
 1609:09  Ullage cases 1 and 2 jettison 
 1611:04  S-IVB cutoff 
 1611:15  Earth orbit insertion  189 x 191 x 32.6 
 1622   88.31 184 x 197 x 32.6 
 1845  Sep from S-IVB/SLA, SLA panels sep 
 1850Transposition and docking maneuver 
 1902:08  Docked with LM 3 (Spider)/S-IVB 
 2008:06  CSM/LM undocked from S-IVB  194 x 212 x 32.6 (FER) 
 2159:01  SPS 1 docked burn  201 x 233 x 32.6 
 2159:06  SPS 1 cutoff  201 x 250 x 32.6 (MR) 
1969 Mar 4  0055   88.84 217 x 217 x 32.6 
 0500   88.90 202 x 237 x 32.6 
 0634   88.69 201 x 218 x 32.6 
 1200   88.82 203 x 228 x 32.6 
1969 Mar 4  1412:03  SPS 2 orbit shaping  199 x 250 x 32.7 (MR) 
 1413:54  SPS 2 cutoff  199 x 351 x 32.6 
   199 x 370 x 32.6 (MR) 
 1717:38  SPS 3 propellant utilization test  201 x 372 x 33.6 (MR) 
 1722:19  SPS 3 cutoff  205 x 524 x 34.0 (MR) 
   202 x 503 x 33.8 
 1800   91.58 295 x 498 x 33.8 
 2024:40  SPS 4 test burn  205 x 528 x 34.0 (MR) 
 2025:09  SPS 4 cutoff  204 x 524 x 34.0 (MR) 
 2145   91.63 198 x 510 x 33.8 
1969 Mar 5  0920   91.57 204 x 498 x 33.8 
1969 Mar 5  1741:33  Docked DPS burn  202 x 499 x 32.6 
   203 x 520 x 34.0 (MR) 
 1747:46  DPS 1 cutoff  203 x 523 x 34.1 (MR) 
 2226:11  SPS 5 reshaping  203 x 519 x 34.1 (MR) 
 2226:56  SPS 5 cutoff  239 x 250 x 33.8 (MR) 
   229 x 239 x 32.6 
 2317   89.24 227 x 246 x 33.6 
1969 Mar 6  0515   89.23 225 x 247 x 33.6 
 1155   89.21 233 x 237 x 33.6 
1969 Mar 6   CDR and LMP to LM 
 1401   89.15 223 x 241 x 33.6 
 1653  Depress for SEVA by CMP  
 1659  Fully depressed 
 1701  Hatch open 
 1749:25  Hatch closed 
 1754  Repress (1:01) 
  CDR and LMP to CSM 
1969 Mar 7   CDR and LMP to LM 
 0621   89.12 231 x 231 x 33.6 
 1239:30  LM Undocked 
 1240  CSM flyaround inspection of LM 
 1302:53  RCS sep burn  233 x 242 x 33.7 (MR) 
   235 x 225 x 32.6 
 1303:03  RCS cutoff  234 x 242 x 33.7 (MR) 
  Rendezvous by LM 
 1826   89.10 213 x 246 x 33.6 
 1859  LM docked with CSM 
  CDR and LMP transfer to CSM 
 2122:45  LM undocked 
 2132:44  CSM sep burn  224 x 235 x 32.6 
1969 Mar 8  0710   89.14 231 x 231 x 33.6 
 1212   89.05 226 x 228 x 33.7 
 1302   89.15 226 x 238 x 33.6 
1969 Mar 8  1925:06  SPS 6 burn  195 x 222 
 1925:08  SPS 6 cutoff 
 2145   88.74 191 x 232 x 33.6 
1969 Mar 9  1155   88.67 194 x 222 x 33.6 
 1911   88.52 192 x 209 x 33.6 
1969 Mar 10  1738:59  SPS 7 burn 
 1739:25  SPS 7 cutoff  183 x 484 x 33.7 (MR) 
 1820   90.94 181 x 459 x 33.5 
1969 Mar 11  1021   90.92 176 x 462 x 33.5 
1969 Mar 12  0605   90.95 189 x 452 x 33.5 
 1136   90.84 181 x 449 x 33.5 
 1338   90.89 176 x 459 x 33.5 
1969 Mar 13  0413   90.80 182 x 444 x 33.5 
1969 Mar 13  1631:14  SPS 8 deorbit burn 11.8s  186 x 456 x 33.6 (MR) 
 1631:25  SPS 8 cutoff  -7 x 444 x 33.5 (MR) 
   3 x 446 x 33.6 (MR) 
 1636:03 SM-104 sep 
 1644:10 Entry interface 0 x 452 x 34.6 (MR) 
 1700:54  Splashdown in Atlantic 
 1750Recovered by USS Guadalcanal 

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