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Apollo 17
Lunar remote sensing, Apollo 17.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar remote sensing, Apollo 17. This reconstructed record groups 4 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 1972-096; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 7 December 1972, 05:33:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Saturn V
- Orbit
- Cislunar or translunar orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 19 December 1972
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
Apollo 17
Lunar remote sensing, Apollo 17.
- GCAT ID
- S06300
- Manufacturer
- North American Aviation, Missile Division, Downey
- Launch mass
- 5,844 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.5 m long · 3.9 m diameter · 3.9 m span
Apollo 17 LM
Lunar geology, Apollo 17.
- GCAT ID
- S06307
- Manufacturer
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Launch mass
- 4,723 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.2 m long · 4.3 m diameter · 3.2 m span
LM 12 DS
GCAT program: LM DS.
- GCAT ID
- A02218
- Manufacturer
- Grummann Aerospace Corporation
- Launch mass
- 11,629 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.8 m long · 4.3 m diameter · 4.3 m span
LRV-3
GCAT program: LRV.
- GCAT ID
- A02223
- Manufacturer
- Boeing Space Center, Kent
- Launch mass
- 209 kg
- Dimensions
- 3.1 m long · 1.8 m diameter · 3.1 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
12 images from Apollo 17.
Verification
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