Apollo AS-202

  1966-U06

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The second CSM to be launched, SC011 was launched at 1715 on 1966 Aug 25 aboard the AS-202 mission to test the CM heatshield at high heat load. It separated from the S-IVB stage, fired its SPS engine for a 3.5 min burn, reached an 1140 km apogee, and began to descend. The next SPS burn was for 90s, followed by two burns of 3s each to test restart capability. Reentry was at 8.69 km/s. Apollo SC011 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean south of Wake Island at 1849 UTC. It was recovered by the USS Hornet.

AS-202
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Aug 25	1715:32	Launch by Saturn IB
	1717:52	T+2:20 IECO
	1717:55	T+2:23 OECO
	1717:56	T+2:24 SIB sep
	1717:57	S4B MES
	1718:08	Ullage motor jettison
	1718:20	LES jett
	1718:21	Cameras ejected from SIB
	1719:45	SIB apogee 110 km
	1725:20	T+9:48 MECO	-2342 x 268 x 31.9
	1725:30	SLA panels hinge open
	1725:30	T+9:58 CSM sep 222 km 6.80 km/s	-2331 x 268 x 31.8
	1725:32	RCS +X
	1725:42	SPS-1 burn 215s mass 20169 kg dV=0.97km/s	-2325 x 268 x 31.86
	1729:17	SPS-1 cutoff mass 13811 kg? or 13508 kg	-231 x 1141 (Tab7.11-III)
	1748		-232 x 1146 x 31.44 (dV)
	1756:46	CSM apogee 1143 km	-219 x 1142 x 31.50
	1821	+X RCS
	1821:28	SPS-2 burn 13481 kg 457 km 90s dV = 0.66km/s? 7.641 km/s	-230 x 1162 x 31.51
	1822:56	SPS-2 cutoff 374 km 8.364 km/s	53 x 3762 x 31.36
	1823:06	Burn 3, 3s 365 km 8.375 km/s	53 x 3770 x 31.35
	1823:09	SPS-3 cutoff 361 km 8.405 km/s	56 x 3918 x 31.35
	1823:19	Burn 4, 3s 350 km 8.420 km/s	56 x 3938 x 31.35
	1823:22	SPS-4 cutoff 345 km 8.448 km/s	59 x 4082 x 31.36
	1825		59 x 4091 (Tab 7.11-IV)
	1826:36	CM/SM sep 174 km 8.630 km/s	57 x 4082 x 31.33
	1828:00	122 km 4.83S 136.0E 8.690km/s -3.53 deg	57 x 4101 x 31.33
	1828:00	T+1:12:28 Entry 8.690 km/s
	1830:07	RCS roll burns to raise height
	1830:57	T+1:15:25 Begin skip 65.5 km 2.2N 147E	65 x 247
	1833:52	T+1:18:20 79 km 8.0N 155E	-2438 x 79
	1837:12	T+1:21:40 54 km 14N 165E
	1843:39	RCS depletion
	1848:34	Splashdown 16 07N 168 54E
1966 Aug 26	0317	Aboard recovery ship