NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Suborbital
Success

SA-1

Launch Time
Fri Oct 27, 1961 14:06 UTC

First Flight of any Saturn rocket.

Rocket

Saturn I Block I
NASA
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 6,700 kN
Payload to LEO: 0 kg
Stages: 1
Rocket Height: 55.0 m

Mission Details

SA-1

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 52,480.0 kg
Suborbital

Location

LC-34, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

Saturn I

1st mission
1st mission of 1961
1st successful mission