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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SA-1 canonical 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Saturn I rocket ⓘ
launch vehicle test flight ⓘ
uncrewed spaceflight ⓘ
agencyDivision NASA Marshall Space Flight Center ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchMass approximately 500000 kilograms ⓘ
launchPad Launch Complex 34 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 ⓘ
LC-34 ⓘ
launchVehicle Saturn I ⓘ
launchVehicleConfiguration Block I Saturn I ⓘ
launchYear 1961 ⓘ
missionOutcome success ⓘ
missionType suborbital flight ⓘ
test flight ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Apollo program development phase ⓘ
Saturn I program ⓘ
linked to: Saturn I

Saturn launch vehicle development program ⓘ
payload ballast mass ⓘ
dummy upper stages ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
purpose demonstrate clustered engine performance ⓘ
test first stage of Saturn I ⓘ
validate structural integrity of Saturn I ⓘ
reachedSpace true ⓘ
rocketFamily Saturn ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: S-I
testObjectivesMet true ⓘ
worldwideContext early 1960s space race ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

S-I → firstFlightWith → SA-1 ⓘ
S-I → usedInMission → SA-1 ⓘ