Saturn-Apollo 8 - rocket launch details

Launch time25 May 196507:35:01 UTC

success

Orbit: LEO

Serial number: SA-8

The fourth orbital test of the Apollo spacecraft (boilerplate).

Rocket Saturn I

launched from Cape Canaveral, LC-37BUSA

Total mass 15473 kg

Name	Purpose	Mass	Comment
Boilerplate Apollo spacecraft, BP-26	test flight	-	-
Pegasus 2	Micrometeroid detection satellite	1397 kg	-