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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
13:00:34
Wednesday April 25, 1962
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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

2nd
Mission
1st
Mission of 1962