Monday, January 1, 1996

Apollo 15 (Endeavour)

  1971-063A


CSM 112 was the first of the new J series Apollo ships, with a scientific instrument module bay (SIM bay). It was assigned to the Apollo 15 mission and its crew named it Endeavour after Captain Cook's ship of exploration.


Endeavour (CSM 112) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Jul 26  1334:00  Launch by Saturn V (SA-510)  KSC LC39A 
 1336:15  S-IC CECO  
 1336:39  S-IC OECO  
 1336:42  S-IC sep, S-II ignition  -6011 x 127 x 29.8 

1337:11  Interstage sep 
 1337:16  LES sep 
 1341:59  S-II CECO 
 1343:09  S-II OECO 
 1343:10  S-II sep, S-IVB ignition  -1958 x 176 x 29.8  
 1343:21  Ullage cases sep 
 1345:34  S-IVB cutoff 
 1345:44  Earth orbit insertion  170 x 171 
   172 x 183 x 29.8 (MPR) 
 1418 Optics cover sep 
 1624:03  S-IVB TLI burn 
 1629:53  S-IVB cutoff 
 1630:03  Translunar injection 
 1656:24  CSM sep from S-IVB/SLA 
 1706:50  CSM soft docked with LM 
 1707:50  CSM hard docked with LM 
 1729:54  S-IVB non propulsive venting 
 1745  Venting complete 
 1752:00  CSM/LM sep from S-IVB  207 x 537530 x 29.7 
1971 Jul 27  0652  Pass EL1:4  

1814:21  MCC-2 burn, 212585 km range 1.6m/s 
 1814:23  MCC-2 cutoff 
 2320  HO to LM  
1971 Jul 29  0529:20  Equigravisphere 
 1505:14  MCC-4 burn 
 1505:16  MCC-4 cutoff 
 1540:47  SIM bay cover eject 2m/s 
 2005:46  LOI-1 burn 0.91 km/s 6:40 108 x 314 
 2012:27  Lunar orbit insertion, LOI 1 cutoff 
1971 Jul 30  0013:48  DOI burn 24s 65m/s  14 x 109 
 0014:14  DOI cutoff 
 1330:42  DOI trim RCS 20s 0.9m/s  18 x 109 
 1331:15  DOI trim cutoff  
 1430?  CDR and LMP transfer to LM 
 1530?  HC to LM 
  CSM mass 17091 kg LM mass 16615 
 1747  Failed undocking attempt
 1813:16  LM Falcon undocked 
 1813  Sep burn 0.3m/s 17 x 113 
 1912:58  Circ burn  98 x 120 
 1913:03  Circ cutoff 
 2100   100 x 120 
 2300? Begin SIM experiments 
1971 Aug 2  1045:32  LOPC-1 plane change burn  99 x 120 
 1045:51  LOPC-1 cutoff 
  Rendezvous with LM 
 1909:47  Docked with LM 
  CDR and LMP return to CSM 
  CSM mass 16497 kg 
1971 Aug 3  0104:14  LM undocked 
 0124  Sep burn 0.6m/s  97 x 123 
1971 Aug 4  1854:48  LOPC-2 20.2m/s 3s 101 x 141 x 151 
 1854:51  LOPC-2 cutoff 
 2013:29  Subsatellite ejected 1.2m/s 
 2122:45  SPS TEI burn 2:22 0.929 km/s, CSM 16224 kg  
 2125:06  Transearth injection 
1971 Aug 5  1148:54  Equigravisphere
 1400Comms issues 
 1530:12  Begin depress 

1531:12  EVA 3.5psi depress 
 1533  EVA 0.7psi 
 1539:33  Hatch open 
 1539  Two jett bags ejected, 14 kg each? 
 1541:29  CMP egress (LMP SEVA) 
  3 trips to SIM bay for film retrieval 
 1543  CMP at SIM 
 1547  Pan cassette retrieved 
 1550  SIM inspection 
 1555  Mapping cassette retrieved 
 1558  CMP ingress (16 min) 
 1559:20  HC 
 1601:25  Begin repress 
 1603  2psi 
 1610  Repress 3.5psi (39:07) 
  CSM mass 12024 kg; range 315100 km 
1971 Aug 7  0700   

1730:50  MCC-7 burn 1.7m/s 24s  58 x 465410 x 40.3  
 1731:12  MCC-7 cutoff  37 x 464279 x 40.3  
 2018:00  SM-112 sep  41 x 474453 x 40.2  
 2032:54  Entry  37 x 486953 x 40.1  
 2045:53  Splashdown in Pacific 
 2220  Recovered by USS Okinawa 

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