Editing AS-202 (section)

==Objectives==
AS-202 was the third test flight of the Saturn IB, because a delay in the readiness of the Apollo spacecraft 011 pushed its launch past the July 1966 launch of [[AS-203]]. It was designed to test the rocket more than had been done on [[AS-201]] by launching the rocket higher and having the flight lasting twice as long. It would also test the command and service module (CSM-011) by having the engine fire four times during the flight.

The flight was also designed to test the heat shield by subjecting it to 260 [[Joule#History|megajoules]] per square meter. Over the course of the reentry it generated equivalent energy needed to power [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] for over one minute in 1966.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

CSM-011 was basically a production model capable of carrying a crew. However it lacked the crew couches and some displays that would be included on later missions for the astronauts. This was the first flight of the guidance and navigation system as well as the [[fuel cell]] electrical system.