Editing AS-202 (section)

==Flight==
AS-202 was launched 25 August 1966 from [[Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 34|Pad 34]]. The launch phase was perfectly nominal with the first stage burning for just under two and a half minutes, lifting the rocket to an altitude of {{convert|31.4|nmi|km}}, {{convert|30.4|nmi|km}} downrange from the launch pad. The second stage then burned for a further seven and a half minutes, putting the spacecraft into a ballistic trajectory. The CSM was separated from the rocket stage at an altitude of {{convert|419.8|nmi|km}}.

The CSM was preprogrammed to make four burns of its [[service propulsion system]] (SPS). The first occurred a couple of seconds after separation from the [[S-IVB]] second stage. It burned for 3 minutes, 35 seconds, lifting the spacecraft apogee to {{convert|617.1|nmi|km}}, {{convert|874.8|nmi|km}} downrange.

The second burn was 25 minutes later, lasting one minute 28 seconds. Ten seconds later, two more burns of three seconds each were done to test the rapid restart capabilities of the engine.

The [[Apollo command module|command module]] entered the atmosphere at a speed of {{convert|28512|ft/s|m/s}}. The spacecraft performed a [[skip reentry]], first descending to {{convert|36|nmi|km}}, then lifting back up to {{convert|44|nmi|km}}. By this time it had shed {{convert|4,300|ft/s|m/s}} of speed. It then continued to descend.<ref name="postfl">{{cite report |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/59690251/Post-Launch-Report-for-Mission-AS-202 |title=Postlaunch report for mission AS-202 (Apollo spacecraft 011) |date=October 12, 1966 |publisher=NASA |via=scribd.com |access-date=May 26, 2025}}</ref>{{rp|1-2}} The main parachutes deployed at {{convert|23790|ft|m}}. It [[splashdown|splashed down]] at 16.12° N - 168.9° E, {{convert|205|nmi|km}} from the target landing site, and the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Hornet|CV-12|6}} took 8 hours and 30 minutes to reach the capsule (SouthEast of [[Wake Island]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=APST202 |title=NSSDCA - AS202 |website=NASA |access-date=May 26, 2025}}</ref>