NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

A-102

Launch Time
Fri Sep 18, 1964 16:22 UTC

Rocket

Saturn I Block II
NASA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 6,700 kN
Payload to LEO: 9,070 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 55.0 m

Mission Details

AS-102

AS-102 (also designated SA-7) was the seventh flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the boilerplate Apollo spacecraft BP-15 into low Earth orbit. The test took place on September 18, 1964, lasting for five orbits (about seven and a half hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed 59 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Indian Ocean on September 22, 1964.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 16,700.0 kg
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1964

67th orbital launch attempt

Saturn I

7th mission
3rd mission of 1964
7th successful mission