 SA-2 sitting on Pad 34 with service structure | |
| Mission type | Test flight |
|---|---|
| Operator | NASA |
| Mission duration | 2 minutes, 40 seconds |
| Distance travelled | 80 km (50 mi) |
| Apogee | 105.3 km (65.4 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 420,000 kg (463 short tons) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | April 25, 1962, 14:00:34 UTC |
| Rocket | Saturn I SA-2 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-34 |
| End of mission | |
| Destroyed | April 25, 1962, 14:03:14 UTC (Project Highwater) |
Project Apollo Uncrewed tests | |
Saturn-Apollo 2 (SA-2) was the second flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, the first flight of Project Highwater, and was part of the American Apollo program. The rocket was launched on April 25, 1962, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.