LM-4 Ascent stage (Apollo 10)

USA

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Launch data:

Designation	03949 / 69043D
Launch date	18 May 1969 - 16:49 UT
Launch site	KSC, LC39B
Launch vehicle	Saturn 5 (SA-505)
Mission
Selenocentric orbit on 1969 May 22.98
- Periselene / Aposelene	20 x 87 km
- Eccentricity	0.019
- Inclination	174.4 deg
- Period	114 min
Selenocentric orbit on 1969 May 23.02
- Periselene / Aposelene	77 x 88 km
- Eccentricity	0.003
- Inclination	174.4 deg
- Period	117 min
Selenocentric orbit on 1969 May 23.08
- Periselene / Aposelene	28 x 131 km
- Eccentricity	0.028
- Inclination	174.4 deg
- Period	117 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor
Operator
Platform
Mass at launch	2169 kg
Dry Mass	kg
Basic shape	Box + 2 tanks
Dimension	2.52 high - 3.76 wide - 3.13 deep
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime	Indefinite

Mission details:

Apollo attached to LEM, separated from Saturn IVB on May 18.89
LEM with 2 crewmembers, separated from Apollo on May 22.80. LEM ascent stage jettisoned descent stage May 22.90; re-joined Apollo May 23.13; now in solar orbit.
The only moon-satellite to be launched from selenocentric orbit into heliocentric orbit on 1969 May 23.26

Ref.: #206 - update: 08.10.08