Designations

Designations[1]

 

 

Apollo 7

Apollo 8

Apollo 9

Apollo 10

Apollo 11

Apollo 12

Apollo 13

Apollo 14

Apollo 15

Apollo 16

Apollo 17

Call-Signs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Command Module

Apollo 7

Apollo 8

Gumdrop

Charlie Brown

Columbia

Yankee Clipper

Odyssey

Kitty Hawk

Endeavor

Casper

America

Lunar Module

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Spider

Snoopy

Eagle

Intrepid

Aquarius

Antares

Falcon

Orion

Challenger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NASA/Contractor Designations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Space Vehicle

AS-205

AS-503

AS-504

AS-505

AS-506

AS-507

AS-508

AS-509

AS-510

AS-511

AS-512

Launch Vehicle

SA-205

SA-503

SA-504

SA-505

SA-506

SA-507

SA-508

SA-509

SA-510

SA-511

SA-512

Launch Vehicle Type

Saturn IB

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Saturn V

Launch Vehicle 1st Stage

S-IB-5

S-IC-3

S-IC-4

S-IC-5

S-IC-6

S-IC-7

S-IC-8

S-IC-9

S-IC-10

S-IC-11

S-IC-12

Launch Vehicle 2nd Stage

S-IVB-205

S-II-3

S-II-4

S-II-5

S-II-6

S-II-7

S-II-8

S-II-9

S-II-10

S-II-11

S-II-12

Launch Vehicle 3rd Stage

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S-IVB-503

S-IVB-504

S-IVB-505

S-IVB-506

S-IVB-507

S-IVB-508

S-IVB-509

S-IVB-510

S-IVB-511

S-IVB-512

Instrument Unit

S-IU-205

S-IU-503

S-IU-504

S-IU-505

S-IU-506

S-IU-507

S-IU-508

S-IU-509

S-IU-510

S-IU-511

S-IU-512

Spacecraft/LM Adapter

SLA-5

SLA-11A

SLA-12A

SLA-13A

SLA-14

SLA-15

SLA-16

SLA-17

SLA-19

SLA-20

SLA-21

Command Module

CM-101

CM-103

CM-104

CM-106

CM-107

CM-108

CM-109

CM-110

CM-112

CM-113

CM-114

Service Module

SM-101

SM-103

SM-104

SM-106

SM-107

SM-108

SM-109

SM-110

SM-112

SM-113

SM-114

Lunar Module

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Lunar Module

Test Article

(LTA-B)

LM-3

LM-4

LM-5

LM-6

LM-7

LM-8

LM-10

LM-11

LM-12

Lunar Roving Vehicle

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LRV-1

LRV-2

LRV-3

VAB High Bay

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1

3

2

1

3

1

3

3

3

3

Firing Room

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1

2

3

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

Mobile Launcher Platform

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MLP-1

MLP-2

MLP-3

MLP-1

MLP-2

MLP-3

MLP-2

MLP-3

MLP-3

MLP-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Computer Programs – CSM

 

                                     – LM

Sundisk

Colossus

Colossus

 

Sundance

Colossus 2

 

Luminary 1

Comanche 55

 

Luminary 99

Colossus 2C

 

Luminary 116

Comanche  72

Rev. 3

Luminary 131

Rev. 9

Colossus 2E

 

Luminary 1D

Colossus 3

 

Luminary 1E

Colossus 3

 

Luminary 1E

Colossus 3

 

Luminary 1G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Test Range Number

66

170

9025

920

5307

2793

3381

7194

7744

1601

1701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

International Designations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSM

1968-089A

1968-118A

1969-018A

1969-043A

1969-059A

1969-099A

1970-029A

1971-008A

1971-063A

1972-031A

1972-096A

S-IVB Stage

1968-089B

1968-118B

1969-018B

1969-043B

1969-059B

1969-099B

1970-029B

1971-008B

1971-063B

1972-031B

1972-096B

LM Ascent Stage[2]

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1969-018C

1969-043D

1969-059C

1969-099C

1970-029C

1971-008C

1971-063C

1972-031C

1972-096C

LM Descent Stage

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1969-018D

1969-043C

1969-059D

1969-099D

1970-029C

1971-008D

1971-063E

1972-031E

1972-096D

Lunar Subsatellite

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1971-063D

1972-031D

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NORAD Designations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSM

03486

03626

03769

03941

04039

04225

04371

04900

05351

06000

06300

S-IVB Stage

03487

03627

03770

03943

04040

04226

04372

04904

05352

06001

06301

LM Ascent Stage

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03771

03949

04041

04246

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04905

05366

06005

06307

LM Descent Stage

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03780

03948

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Lunar Subsatellite

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05377

06009

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[1]Compiled from RAE Table of Earth Satellites 1957-1986; press kits; mission implementation plans; Saturn V flight evaluation reports; Apollo Program Summary Report; Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles; and other sources, with special thanks to David Baker for the software designations.

[2]Ascent and descent stages for Apollo 13 remained docked throughout the mission and were jettisoned together.

 

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