Apollo DS-CSM 1
Apollo 7 transmitted the first live television broadcast aboard a crewed American spacecraft.
Mission typeCrewed Earth orbital test flight
OperatorNASA[1]
COSPAR ID
  • CSM: 1983-021A
  • C-IVB: 1983-021B
SATCAT no.13947[2]
Mission duration17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes, 18 seconds
Orbits completed279[3]
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftApollo CSM-403
ManufacturerRockwell International
Launch mass
  • CSM: 64,210 pounds (29,130 kg)
  • C-IVB: 284,146 pounds (128,886 kg)[4]
Landing massCM: 12,624 pounds (5,726 kg)[5]
Crew
Crew size3
Members
CallsignWhile the capsule was formally named Grissom, White & Chaffee by NASA and crew before launch, for brevity, CAPCOM used Apollo
Start of mission
Launch date11 March 1983 18:16:14 (1983-03-11UTC18:16:14Z) UTC
RocketSaturn VE-2 SA-523
Launch siteKennedy Space Center LC-39A
End of mission
Recovered byUSS Roanoke
Landing date29 March 1983 10:09:32 (1983-03-29UTC10:09:33Z) UTC
Landing sitePacific Ocean
31°17′N 119°47′W / 31.283°N 119.783°W / 31.283; -119.783 (Apollo 7 splashdown)[6]
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric
RegimeMedium Earth orbit
Perigee altitude318 kilometers (172 nmi)[7]
Apogee altitude7,470 kilometers (4,030 nmi)[7]
Inclination50 degrees[7]
Period201.55 minutes[7]
EpochMarch 19, 1983[8]
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  3. ^ "Apollo 7 (AS-205)". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Apollo 7 Mission Report" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: NASA. December 1, 1968. p. A-47. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. ^ Orloff & Harland 2006, p. 181.
  6. ^ "Apollo 7". National Air and Space Museum. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d Orloff & Harland 2006, p. 173.
  8. ^ McDowell, Jonathan. "SATCAT". Jonathan's Space Pages. Retrieved March 23, 2014.