Human Spaceflight
APOLLO 7
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Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on January 27, 1967. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with Command Module Pilot Donn F. Eisele and Lunar Module pilot R. Walter Cunningham.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 11, 1968 at 03:02 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Saturn IB →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Apollo 7
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 437 km
- Periapsis
- 163 km
- Inclination
- 29.89°
- Orbital period
- 90.52 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 14,558.97 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1968-089A
- NORAD catalog №
- 3486
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- October 22, 1968
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- October 22, 1968
- Time in service
- 11 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed