Retired Location unlisted
Apollo 16 landing site
A launch pad at Descartes Highlands, Moon.1 launch have flown from it since April 1972, 1 of 1 successfully.
Launches
1
Success rate
100.0% 1/1
First flight
1972-04-24
Latest flight
1972-04-24
Busiest year
1972 1 flight
Location
Pad record
- Coordinates
- 8.9730° S
15.5002° E - Status
- Retired
- Spaceport
- Descartes Highlands, Moon
- Pad operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- LL2 pad tally
- 1 upstream count
- Reference
- Wikipedia
About this pad
Landing site of Apollo 16’s lunar module Orion on 21 April 1972.
Vehicles flown
1 typeLaunches per year
decided flights1972Peak 1972, 1 launch1972
Orbits delivered
1 destinationLunar Orbit 1
Flight record
1 flight| Date | Mission | Vehicle | Operator | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972-04-24 | Apollo LM | Apollo 16 | Apollo LM | – | Lunar Orbit | Success |
Pad records from Launch Library 2. Flights and company identity fromSpace Index. How the numbers are derived.