SA-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

14:06:00

Friday October 27, 1961

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Mission Details

Launch Notes

First Flight of any Saturn rocket.

SA-1

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This first flight was designed to test the structure of the launch vehicle during a suborbital flight using the nose cone from a Jupiter rocket. SA-1 the only live stage was the S-I first stage.

Suborbital

1 Payload

52,480 kilograms

Rocket

Retired
Saturn I Block I

Active 1961 to 1963

National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo

Agency

NASA

Rocket

Height: 55m

Liftoff Thrust

6,700 Kilonewtons

Stages

1

Launch Site

LC-34

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

132 days 3 hours

Stats

Saturn I


1st

Mission

1st

Mission of 1961