Status
Suborbital
Success
SA-1
Launch Time
Fri Oct 27, 1961 14:06 UTC
Fri Oct 27, 1961 14:06 UTC
First Flight of any Saturn rocket.
Rocket
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