Apollo 16 Lunar Orbit Phase

Apollo 16 Lunar Orbit Phase

 

 

 

 

Event

 

 

GET

(hhh:mm:ss)

 

 

Altitude

(n mi)

Space

Fixed

Velocity

(ft/sec)

 

Event

Duration

(sec)

 

Velocity

Change

(ft/sec)

 

Geodetic

Latitude

(deg N)

 

 

Longitude

(deg E)

 

 

Apolune

(n mi)

 

 

Perilune

(n mi)

Lunar orbit insertion ignition

074:28:27.87

93.9

8,105.4

 

 

8.15

-166.63

 

 

Lunar orbit insertion cutoff

074:34:42.77

75.3

5,399.2

374.90

2,802

7.12

169.32

170.3

58.1

Descent orbit insertion ignition

078:33:45.04

58.5

5,486.3

 

 

8.58

136.02

 

 

Descent orbit insertion cutoff

078:34:09.39

58.4

5,281.9

24.35

209.5

8.58

-137.27

58.5

10.9

LM undocking and separation

096:13:31

33.8

5,417.2

 

 

2.37

121.92

 

 

CSM orbit circularization ignition

103:21:43.08

59.2

5,277.8

 

 

9.22

-151.98

 

 

CSM orbit circularization cutoff

103:21:47.74

59.1

5,348.7

4.66

81.6

9.23

-151.95

68.0

53.1

LM powered descent initiation

104:17:25

10.944

5,548.8

 

 

-8.67

32.73

 

 

LM powered descent cutoff

104:29:36

 

 

731

6,703

 

 

 

 

CSM plane change ignition

169:05:52.14

58.6

5,349.8

 

 

5.60

108.83

 

 

CSM plane change cutoff

169:05:59.28

58.6

5,349.9

7.14

124

5.57

108.50

64.6

55.0

LM lunar liftoff ignition

175:31:47.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LM lunar ascent orbit cutoff

175:38:55.7

9.9

5,523.3

427.8

6,054.2

-9.77

5.43

40.2

7.9

LM vernier adjustment

175:42:18

11.2

5,515.2

 

 

-10.67

-5.83

 

 

LM terminal phase initiation ignition

176:26:05

40.2

5,351.6

 

 

6.88

-147.37

 

 

LM terminal phase initiation cutoff

176:26:07.5

 

 

2.5

78.0

 

 

 

 

LM terminal phase finalize

177:08:42

 

 

 

 

 

 

64.2

40.1

CSM/LM docked

177:41:18

65.6

5,313.7

 

 

-10.53

-55.65

 

 

LM ascent stage jettisoned

195:00:12

59.2

5,347.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSM separation maneuver

195:03:13

 

 

 

2.0

-0.02

-115.98

 

 

Subsatellite deployed

196:02:09

58.4

5,349.4

 

 

1.13

70.47

66

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