Pegasus 1 Spacecraft: BP-16 Launch Vehicle: Saturn C-1 Blk 2 SA-9 Launched: 16 Feb 1965

⇑ ⇑ Mission List ⇑ ⇑ Designation: Apollo S1 L AS(B)-3 Description: 3rd Apollo Saturn C-1 boilerplate CM suborbital

Decay Date: 1978-09-17 USAF Sat Cat: 1085 COSPAR: 1965-009A Apogee: 726 km (451 mi) Perigee: 510 km (310 mi) Inclination: 31.7000 deg Period: 97.00 min "A Saturn I vehicle SA-9 launched a multiple payload into a high 744 by 496 km (462 by 308 mi) earth orbit. The rocket carried a boilerplate (BP) CSM (BP-16) and, fitted inside the SM, the Pegasus I meteoroid detection satellite. This was the eighth successful Saturn flight in a row, and the first to carry an active payload. BP-16's launch escape tower was jettisoned following second-stage S-IV ignition. After attaining orbit, the spacecraft were separated from the S-IV. Thereupon the Pegasus I's panels were deployed and were ready to perform their task, i.e., registering meteoroid impact and relaying the information to the ground." References: Brooks, Courtney G., and Ertel, Ivan D. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology, Volume III, October 1, 1964-January 20, 1966. (1973). Encyclopedia Astronautica. Wikipedia: AS-103. Wikipedia: Pegasus 1.