Saturn I SA-1

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Saturn I SA-1

SA-1 lifting off
Mission type	Test flight
Operator	NASA
Mission duration	15 minutes
Distance travelled	331.5 kilometers (206.0 mi)
Apogee	136.2 kilometers (84.6 mi)
Spacecraft properties
Launch mass	52,480 kilograms (115,700 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date	October 27, 1961, 15:06:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:06:04Z) UTC
Rocket	Saturn I SA-1
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-34
End of mission
Decay date	October 27, 1961, 15:21:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:21:05Z) UTC
Project Apollo Uncrewed tests Saturn I SA-2 →

Saturn-Apollo 1 (SA-1) was the first flight of the Saturn I space launch vehicle, the first in the Saturn family, and first mission of the American Apollo program. The rocket was launched on October 27, 1961, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.^[1]