The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
Service provider
Government • USA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Objects from this launch
24 objects
SATCAT inventory for 1973-027
Last checked: 2026-03-06T12:11:00.439+00:00
Last success: 2026-03-06T12:11:00.439+00:00
Last non-empty: 2026-03-06T12:11:00.439+00:00
Latest snapshot: 2026-03-06T12:11:00.439+00:00
Snapshot hash: 11ebbf1ebf57dece3562e26085d8ff5964f00725104a7a84dde43524fb5da3b4
LL2 payloads: 0SATCAT payloads: 1Delta: +1RB: 1DEB: 22UNK: 0
SATCAT payload objects
SKYLAB 1
1973-027ANORAD 6633PAYUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.98 min
Inc: 50.0°
221 km → 227 km
SATCAT non-payload objects
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027CNORAD 6635DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.78 min
Inc: 50.0°
353 km → 370 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027DNORAD 6636DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 90.52 min
Inc: 50.0°
285 km → 315 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027ENORAD 6637DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.94 min
Inc: 50.0°
167 km → 178 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027FNORAD 6638DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.35 min
Inc: 50.0°
193 km → 193 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027GNORAD 6639DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.78 min
Inc: 49.9°
260 km → 268 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027HNORAD 6641DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.17 min
Inc: 50.0°
184 km → 184 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027JNORAD 6642DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 90.09 min
Inc: 49.9°
277 km → 280 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027KNORAD 6643DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.04 min
Inc: 50.0°
175 km → 181 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027LNORAD 6644DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 90.04 min
Inc: 50.0°
271 km → 282 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027MNORAD 6651DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 88.62 min
Inc: 50.0°
203 km → 210 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027NNORAD 6704DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.95 min
Inc: 50.0°
366 km → 374 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027PNORAD 6705DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.66 min
Inc: 50.0°
351 km → 360 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027QNORAD 6729DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.60 min
Inc: 50.1°
228 km → 281 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027RNORAD 6730DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.56 min
Inc: 50.1°
248 km → 258 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027SNORAD 6733DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.57 min
Inc: 49.0°
328 km → 376 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027TNORAD 6735DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 90.72 min
Inc: 50.6°
296 km → 324 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027UNORAD 6734DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 92.61 min
Inc: 49.0°
348 km → 456 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027VNORAD 6774DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 93.21 min
Inc: 50.0°
424 km → 439 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027WNORAD 6780DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 93.31 min
Inc: 50.5°
349 km → 525 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027XNORAD 6781DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 90.74 min
Inc: 50.4°
303 km → 319 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027YNORAD 6782DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 91.44 min
Inc: 49.3°
319 km → 371 km
SATURN 5 DEB
1973-027ZNORAD 6786DEBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 89.04 min
Inc: 50.0°
222 km → 232 km
SATURN 5 R/B
1973-027BNORAD 6634RBUnited States (US)Ops: D Technical details
Orbit type: IMPOrbit center: EALaunch site: AFETRPeriod: 87.49 min
Inc: 50.0°
150 km → 150 km
