Mission
Apollo 5

Mission Objective
Verify operation of lunar module, or LM, ascent and descent propulsion systems. Evaluate LM staging and S-IVB instrument unit performance. All mission objects were achieved.

Prelaunch Milestones
8/15/66 - S-I stage ondock at Kennedy
8/15/66 - S-IB stage ondock at Kennedy
8/6/66 - S-IVB ondock at Kennedy
8/16/66 - S-IU ondock at Kennedy
4/11/67 - launch vehicle at pad
11/19/67 - spacecraft at pad
1/19/68 - Countdown Demonstration Test

Launch
Jan. 22, 1968; 05:48:08 p.m. EST
Launch Pad 37B
Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Saturn IB AS-204
First lunar module launch

Hold for 228 minutes when spacecraft water boiler temperature rose higher than planned, caused by a problem in GSE freon supply, as well as a failed power supply in an output register in the digital data-acquisition system.

Spacecraft
LM-1

Payload
LM-1
Nose cone

Orbit
Altitude: 222 km apogee, 163 km perigee
Inclination: 31.6 degrees
Orbits: orbital
Duration: seven hours, 50 minutes

Mission Highlights
Apogee was 222 km at insertion, LM/S-IVB separation and after first descent engine firing. Apogee raised to 961 km after first ascent engine firing. Perigee was 163 km at insertion, 167 km at separation, 171 km after descent engine firing, and 172 km after ascent engine firing.

Landing
No Recovery