Saturn I SA-1

Saturn I SA-1
SA-1 lifting off
Mission typeTest flight
OperatorNASA
Mission duration15 minutes
Distance travelled331.5 kilometers (206.0 mi)
Apogee136.2 kilometers (84.6 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass52,480 kilograms (115,700 lb)
Start of mission
Launch dateOctober 27, 1961, 15:06:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:06:04Z) UTC
RocketSaturn I SA-1
Launch siteCape Canaveral LC-34
End of mission
Decay dateOctober 27, 1961, 15:21:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:21:05Z) UTC
Project Apollo
Uncrewed tests

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]

  1. ^ "NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive - Saturn SA-1".