Pegasus 2 Spacecraft: BP-26 Launch Vehicle: Saturn C-1 Blk 2 SA-8 Launched: 26 May 1965

⇑ ⇑ Mission List ⇑ ⇑ Designation: Apollo S1 L AS(B)-4 Description: 4th Apollo Saturn C-1 boilerplate CM suborbital

Decay Date: 1979-11-03 USAF Sat Cat: 1381 COSPAR: 1965-039A Apogee: 740 km (450 mi) Perigee: 502 km (311 mi) Inclination: 31.7000 deg Period: 97.00 min Saturn I launch vehicle (SA-8) placed the spacecraft, protected by a boilerplate CSM (BP-26), into orbit. Once in orbit, the dummy CSM was jettisoned. The meteoroid detection satellite, still attached to the second stage ofthe launch vehicle, then deployed its 29-m (96-ft) winglike panels. Within several hours, the device began registering meteoroid hits. 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-104. Wikipedia: Pegasus 2.