Saturn I SA-1
1961 mission in NASA's Apollo spaceflight program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Saturn-Apollo 1 (SA-1) was the first flight of the Saturn I space launch vehicle, the first in the Saturn family, and first mission of the American Apollo program. The rocket was launched on October 27, 1961, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.[1]
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Mission type | Test flight |
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Operator | NASA |
Mission duration | 15 minutes |
Distance travelled | 331.5 kilometers (206.0 mi) |
Apogee | 136.2 kilometers (84.6 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 52,480 kilograms (115,700 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 27, 1961, 15:06:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:06:04Z) UTC |
Rocket | Saturn I SA-1 |
Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-34 |
End of mission | |
Decay date | October 27, 1961, 15:21:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:21:05Z) UTC |
Project Apollo Uncrewed tests |
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