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{{Short description|1965 orbital test of a Apollo spacecraft}} {{use mdy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox spaceflight | name = AS-104 | image = Saturn SA8 launch.jpg | image_caption = Launch of Saturn AS-104 | insignia = | mission_type = Spacecraft aerodynamics;<br>micrometeoroid investigation | operator = [[NASA]] | COSPAR_ID = 1965-039B | SATCAT = 1385 | mission_duration = 8,810 days<ref name="n2yo"/> <!-- calculated launch to decay date --> | orbits_completed = ~79,790 | distance_travelled = {{convert|3282050195|km|mi|sp=us}} | spacecraft = [[Apollo (spacecraft)|Apollo]] BP-26<br>[[Pegasus 2]] | manufacturer = | launch_mass = {{convert|1451.5|kg|lb}} | landing_mass = | launch_date = {{start date text|May 25, 1965, 07:35:01|timezone=yes}} UTC | launch_rocket = [[Saturn I]] SA-8 | launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Kennedy]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37|LC-37B]] | decay_date = {{end date text|July 8, 1989}}<ref name="n2yo">{{cite web|url=https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=01385|title=Apollo Model 4|website=n2yo.com|access-date=February 3, 2023}}</ref> | orbit_epoch = 4 July 1965<ref name="satcat">{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=31 October 2013}}</ref> | orbit_reference = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]] | orbit_regime = [[Low Earth orbit]] | orbit_periapsis = {{convert|511|km|mi|sp=us}} | orbit_apoapsis = {{convert|739|km|mi|sp=us}} | orbit_inclination = 31.7 degrees | orbit_period = 97.2 minutes | apsis = gee | previous_mission = [[AS-103]] | next_mission = [[AS-105]] | programme = [[Apollo program]] }} '''AS-104''' was the fourth orbital test of a [[Boilerplate (spaceflight)|boilerplate]] [[Apollo spacecraft]], and the second flight of the [[Pegasus (satellite)|Pegasus micrometeoroid detection satellite]]. It was launched by SA-8, the ninth [[Saturn I]] carrier rocket.
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