Apollo 4

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Apollo 4 was an uncrewed 1967 test flight that marked the first launch of NASA’s Saturn V rocket, validating the vehicle for subsequent Apollo lunar missions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo mission ⓘ
test flight ⓘ
uncrewed spaceflight ⓘ
apogee approx. 18,092 km ⓘ
commandModuleSerialNumber CM-017 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew none ⓘ
followedBy Apollo 5 ⓘ
inclination approx. 32.6 degrees ⓘ
isUncrewed true ⓘ
launchAgency NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
launchContractor Boeing (first stage) ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company (third stage) ⓘ
North American Aviation (second stage) ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 1967-11-09 ⓘ
launchLocation Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
LC-39A ⓘ
launchState Florida ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn V ⓘ
launchVehicleVariant Saturn V SA-501 ⓘ
linked to: Saturn V
launchYear 1967 ⓘ
missionDuration 08:36:59 ⓘ
missionDurationHours 8.62 ⓘ
missionType Saturn V test flight ⓘ
uncrewed test of Apollo spacecraft and launch vehicle ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitsCompleted 3 ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
perigee approx. 181 km ⓘ
precededBy AS-203 ⓘ
primaryObjective demonstrate compatibility of Saturn V and Apollo spacecraft ⓘ
qualify Saturn V launch vehicle ⓘ
test structural and thermal integrity of Apollo spacecraft ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
reentryObjective test Apollo heat shield at lunar-return velocity ⓘ
reentryType high-speed lunar-return-simulated reentry ⓘ
result success ⓘ
rocketUsed Saturn V ⓘ
saturnVSerialNumber SA-501 ⓘ
secondaryObjective obtain engineering data on launch vehicle performance ⓘ
test guidance and control systems of Saturn V ⓘ
serviceModuleSerialNumber SM-017 ⓘ
significance first launch of Saturn V ⓘ
validated Saturn V for subsequent Apollo lunar missions ⓘ
spacecraftManufacturer North American Aviation ⓘ
spacecraftModule Command Module 017 ⓘ
Service Module 017 ⓘ
spacecraftType Apollo Command and Service Module ⓘ
status completed ⓘ

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

Saturn V → firstFlightMission → Apollo 4 ⓘ
S-IC → usedOnMission → Apollo 4 ⓘ
LC-39A → notableLaunch → Apollo 4 ⓘ
Saturn V Instrument Unit → firstFlight → Apollo 4 ⓘ
subject linked to: Saturn V instrument unit
Saturn V Instrument Unit → usedOn → Apollo 4 ⓘ
subject linked to: Saturn V instrument unit
Service Module 017 → partOf → Apollo 4 ⓘ
Service Module 017 → associatedMissionNumber → Apollo 4 (AS-501) ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 4
CM-017 → partOf → Apollo 4 ⓘ
SA-501 → usedFor → Apollo 4 mission ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 4
SA-501 → launchVehicleFor → Apollo 4 ⓘ
SA-501 → payload → Apollo 4 spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 4
SA-501 → missionDesignation → Apollo 4 launch vehicle ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 4
SA-501 → alsoKnownAs → Apollo 4 launch vehicle SA-501 ⓘ
linked to: Apollo 4
AS-203 → followedBy → Apollo 4 ⓘ
Command Module 017 → partOf → Apollo 4 ⓘ
Apollo 5 → precededBy → Apollo 4 ⓘ
AS-201 → followedBy → Apollo 4 ⓘ