A-101

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

17:07:00

Thursday May 28, 1964

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

A-101

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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

Rocket

Retired
Saturn I Block II

Active 1964 to 1965

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 55m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 9,070 kg

Liftoff Thrust

6,700 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-37B

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

66 days 5 hours

Stats

Saturn I


6th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 1964

1964


31st

Orbital launch attempt