AS-201

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

16:12:01

Saturday February 26, 1966

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

First launch of the Saturn IB.

AS-201

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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

Rocket

Retired
Saturn IB

Active 1966 to 1975

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 43.2m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 21,000 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,100 Kilonewtons

Stages

2

Launch Site

LC-34

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

132 days 3 hours

Stats

Saturn IB


1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1966