Skylab 1

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Skylab 1 was the 1973 mission that launched the United States' first space station, Skylab, into Earth orbit.

All labels observed (5)

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Skylab 1 canonical 9
Skylab 1 (SL-1) 2
Skylab 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Skylab program mission
spaceflight mission
uncrewed spaceflight
affiliation United States civilian space program
alsoKnownAs SL-1
Skylab 1 (SL-1)
linked to: Skylab 1

Skylab launch
country United States
firstSpaceStationOfCountry United States
followedBy Skylab 2
launchAgency NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
launchAnomaly damage to one solar array on Skylab
loss of micrometeoroid shield on Skylab
launchContractor Boeing
launchDate 1973-05-14
launchLocation Merritt Island, Florida
linked to: Merritt Island
launchMassApproximate ~90,000 kg
launchOutcome partial failure
launchPad LC-39A
launchSite Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicle Saturn V
launchYear 1973
missionType orbital mission
space station launch
notableFor launching the first United States space station
operator NASA
orbitRegime low Earth orbit
payloadType space station
precededBy Apollo 17
primaryPayload Skylab
program Skylab program
purpose to place Skylab space station into Earth orbit
relatedMission Skylab 2
Skylab 3
Skylab 4
requiredFollowUpRepairsBy Skylab 2 crew
linked to: Skylab 2
rocketStageUsed Saturn V S-IC first stage
linked to: Saturn V

Saturn V S-II second stage
Saturn V S-IVB third stage
linked to: S-IVB
spacecraftLaunched Skylab Orbital Workshop
spaceStationLaunched Skylab
spaceStationProgram Skylab
linked to: Skylab program
spaceStationStatusAfterLaunch damaged but salvageable
targetOrbit low Earth orbit

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saturn V lastFlightMission Skylab 1
Saturn V notableMission Skylab 1
Saturn V carriedSpacecraft Skylab orbital workshop
linked to: Skylab 1
Skylab program notableMission Skylab 1
Apollo Telescope Mount launchedWith Skylab Orbital Workshop
linked to: Skylab 1
Skylab 2 spaceStationVisited Skylab
linked to: Skylab 1
Skylab 2 precededBy Skylab 1
S-IC usedOnMission Skylab 1
J-2 usedDuringMission Skylab 1
Skylab 1 alsoKnownAs Skylab 1 (SL-1)
linked to: Skylab 1
LC-39A notableLaunch Skylab 1
Saturn V S-II second stage usedOnMission Skylab 1 (SL-1)
linked to: Skylab 1