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Apollo 8 Mission

completedLaunch 1968-118
Launched 12/21/1968HEOService GSat EEO E
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Apollo 8
retired
Human Spaceflight
cislunar
Launch Details
Launch Date
12/21/1968
Launch ID
1968-118
Launch Profile
Sat EEO E
Service Type
G
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Launch Vehicle
Saturn V
Launch Site
Launch Complex 39A, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida (NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Human Spaceflight 1
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Mentions
2
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

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