SA-2

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

13:00:34

Wednesday April 25, 1962

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Mission Details

SA-2

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The objectives of SA-2 were much the same as those of SA-1 in that it was primarily a test of the Saturn I rocket and the new H-1 engines. Specifically, its goals were to prove propulsion performance and mission adequacy, vehicle structural design and aerodynamic characteristics, guidance and control systems, and launch facility and ground support equipment.

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


2nd

Mission

1st

Mission of 1962