NASA Saturn I Saturn SA-1

Name: NASA Saturn I Saturn SA-1
Start: 1961-10-27T15:06:04.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 34

Saturn I

Status

Success

Date

27 OCT 1961

15:06

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 34

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

First test flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle and first mission of the Apollo program.

Rocket

Saturn I

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound (9,100 kg) low Earth orbit payloads.

Height

55 m

Diameter

6.6 m

Launch Mass

510 T

Thrust

6,700 kN