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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
17:07:00
Thursday May 28, 1964
Watch Replay
Official Livestream
AS-101 (also designated SA-6) was the sixth flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the first boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The test took place on May 28, 1964, lasting for four orbits (about six hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed a total of 54 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Pacific Ocean on June 1, 1964.
Low Earth Orbit
1 Payload
7,700 kilograms
6th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 1964
31st
Orbital launch attempt