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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:12:01
Saturday February 26, 1966
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First launch of the Saturn IB.
AS-201 (or SA-201), flown February 26, 1966, was the first unmanned test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo Command/Service Module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The spacecraft consisted of the second Block I command module and the first Block I service module. The suborbital flight was a partially successful demonstration of the service propulsion system and the reaction control systems of both modules, and successfully demonstrated the capability of the Command Module's heat shield to survive re-entry from low Earth orbit.
1 Payload
15,294 kilograms
1st
Mission
1st
Mission of 1966