SA-1

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SA-1 was the first Saturn I rocket test flight, marking an early milestone in NASA’s development of the Saturn launch vehicle family used in the Apollo program.

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SA-1 canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Saturn I rocket
launch vehicle test flight
uncrewed spaceflight
agencyDivision NASA Marshall Space Flight Center NERFINISHED
apogee approximately 136 kilometers
country United States
crew none
designer Wernher von Braun team
downrangeDistance approximately 345 kilometers
firstStageEngines 8 H-1 engines
firstStagePropellant RP-1 kerosene and liquid oxygen
flightDuration approximately 15 minutes
followedBy SA-2
isUncrewed true
launchDate 1961-10-27
launchLocation Cape Canaveral, Florida NERFINISHED
launchMass approximately 500000 kilograms
launchPad Launch Complex 34 NERFINISHED
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 NERFINISHED
LC-34
launchVehicle Saturn I NERFINISHED
launchVehicleConfiguration Block I Saturn I NERFINISHED
launchYear 1961
missionOutcome success
missionType suborbital flight
test flight
operator NASA
partOf Apollo program development phase
Saturn I program NERFINISHED
Saturn launch vehicle development program NERFINISHED
payload ballast mass
dummy upper stages
precededBy none
program Apollo program NERFINISHED
purpose demonstrate clustered engine performance
test first stage of Saturn I
validate structural integrity of Saturn I
reachedSpace true
rocketFamily Saturn NERFINISHED
significance contributed to development of Apollo lunar missions
early milestone in Saturn launch vehicle development
first flight of a Saturn I rocket
spaceAgency NASA
stageTested S-I first stage NERFINISHED
testObjectivesMet true
worldwideContext early 1960s space race

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S-I firstFlightWith SA-1
S-I usedInMission SA-1