Status
Suborbital
Success
AS-201
Launch Time
Sat Feb 26, 1966 16:12 UTC
Sat Feb 26, 1966 16:12 UTC
First launch of the Saturn IB.
Rocket
Mission Details
AS-201
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.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 15,294.0 kg
Location
LC-34, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
Saturn IB
1st mission
1st mission of 1966
1st successful mission