NASA Saturn I Saturn SA-3

Name: NASA Saturn I Saturn SA-3
Start: 1962-11-16T17:45:02.000Z
Location: Launch Complex 34

Saturn I

Status

Success

Date

16 NOV 1962

17:45

Launch Provider

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 34

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Overview

Third test flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle. It carried an experiment for Project Highwater.

Rocket

Saturn I

Mission Type

Test Flight

Orbit

Suborbital

Stages

Livestream

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