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PFS
Apollo 15 Subsatelli Credit: Manufacturer Image |
American lunar orbiter. Released from Apollo; particles and fields experiments. Lunar Orbit (Selenocentric). Lunar lander built by TRW for NASA, USA. Launched 1971 - 1972.
Status: Operational 1971. First Launch: 1971-07-26. Last Launch: 1972-04-16. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 36 kg (79 lb).
More at: PFS.
Family:
Lunar Orbiters,
Moon.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Saturn V.
Projects:
Apollo.
Launch Sites:
Cape Canaveral,
Cape Canaveral LC39A.
Agency:
NASA.
Bibliography:
2,
2372,
2373,
26,
27,
6,
11613.
1971 July 26 - .
13:34 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC39A.
Launch Platform: LUT3.
Launch Vehicle:
Saturn V.
- Apollo 15 Subsatellite - .
Payload: PFS 1. Mass: 36 kg (79 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Houston.
Program: Apollo.
Class: Moon.
Type: Lunar probe. Flight: Apollo 15.
Spacecraft: PFS.
USAF Sat Cat: 5377 . COSPAR: 1971-063D. Released from Apollo 15 into 102 x 142 km lunar orbit on 4 August 1971 at 20:13:29 GMT; studied lunar particles and included fields experiments. Last telemetry from lunar orbit in 1984..
1972 April 16 - .
17:54 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral.
Launch Complex:
Cape Canaveral LC39A.
Launch Platform: LUT3.
Launch Vehicle:
Saturn V.
- Apollo 16 Subsatellite - .
Payload: PFS 2. Mass: 36 kg (79 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Houston.
Program: Apollo.
Class: Moon.
Type: Lunar probe. Flight: Apollo 16.
Spacecraft: PFS.
Decay Date: 1972-05-29 . USAF Sat Cat: 6009 . COSPAR: 1972-031D. Released from Apollo 16 into lunar orbit on 24 April 1972 at 21:56:09 GMT into a 96 km x 122 km orbit; fields and particles data; impacted lunar surface 29 May 1972..
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