SA-4

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SA-4 was an early uncrewed Saturn I test flight in NASA’s Apollo program, used to validate the rocket’s performance and systems before crewed missions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
SA-4 canonical 1
SA-5 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Apollo program test mission ⓘ
Saturn I test flight ⓘ
uncrewed spaceflight ⓘ
apogee_km about 129 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crewStatus uncrewed ⓘ
downrangeDistance_km about 335 ⓘ
engineOutTest one H-1 engine was intentionally shut down during flight ⓘ
firstStageEngineArrangement clustered configuration ⓘ
firstStageEngineCount 8 ⓘ
firstStageEngineType H-1 engine ⓘ
firstStageManufacturedBy Chrysler Corporation Space Division ⓘ
firstStageType S-I first stage ⓘ
flightDuration_minutes about 8 ⓘ
followedBy SA-5 ⓘ
launchCountry United States ⓘ
launchDate 1963-03-28 ⓘ
launchDateTimeUTC 1963-03-28T17:11:55Z ⓘ
launchLocation Cape Canaveral, Florida ⓘ
linked to: Cape Canaveral
launchMass_kg about 52400 ⓘ
launchPad Launch Complex 34 ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 ⓘ
LC-34 ⓘ
launchVehicleStageCount 2 ⓘ
launchYear 1963 ⓘ
manufacturer Chrysler Corporation Space Division ⓘ
missionNumberInSeries 4 ⓘ
missionObjective evaluate guidance and control systems ⓘ
test engine-out capability of the first stage ⓘ
test structural integrity of the launch vehicle ⓘ
validate Saturn I first stage performance ⓘ
missionType test flight ⓘ
notableFeature first Saturn I flight to test engine-out capability ⓘ
used a dummy upper stage instead of a live second stage ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Apollo program ⓘ
payloadType boilerplate payload ⓘ
precededBy SA-3 ⓘ
program Apollo program ⓘ
recovery first stage impacted Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
relatedProgram Saturn I program ⓘ
linked to: Saturn I
result success ⓘ
rocketFamily Saturn I ⓘ
secondStageStatus second stage was a dummy stage ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status completed mission ⓘ
usesRocket Saturn I ⓘ
usesRocketVariant Saturn I Block I ⓘ
linked to: Saturn I

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

S-I → usedInMission → SA-4 ⓘ
S-I → usedInMission → SA-5 ⓘ
linked to: SA-4