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Apollo 9
Crew
McDivitt
Schweickart
Scott
03 March 1969
11:00 GMT.
Duration
: 10.04 days.
Call Sign
: Gumdrop/Spider.
Backup Crew:
Bean
,
Conrad
,
Gordon
.
Nation
: USA.
Agency
: NASA.
Launch Site
:
Cape Canaveral
.
Launch Complex
: LC39A.
Launch Vehicle
:
Saturn V
.
LV Configuration
: Saturn V s/n SA-504. Program:
Apollo
. Class:
Manned
.
Type
: Lunar spacecraft.
Spacecraft
:
Apollo CSM
.
Payload
: Apollo CSM 104.
Mass
: 36,511 kg.
Location of Spacecraft
: Michigan Space Center, Jackson, MI.
Perigee
: 203 km.
Apogee
: 229 km.
Inclination
: 32.6 deg.
Period
: 88.6 min. References:
1
,
2
,
5
,
6
,
16
,
26
,
27
,
33
,
60
.
Saturn V
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