SA-501

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SA-501 was the first Saturn V launch vehicle, used for the uncrewed Apollo 4 test flight that validated the rocket and spacecraft for future lunar missions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Saturn V launch vehicle
launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs Apollo 4 launch vehicle SA-501 NERFINISHED
configuration Block I Saturn V NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstOfSeries Saturn V NERFINISHED
followedBy SA-502
launchCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
launchDate 1967-11-09
launchDateTimeUTC 1967-11-09T12:00:01Z
launchOutcome success
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Launch Complex 39A NERFINISHED
launchVehicleFor Apollo 4 NERFINISHED
manufacturer Boeing
Douglas Aircraft Company NERFINISHED
IBM NERFINISHED
NASA NERFINISHED
North American Aviation NERFINISHED
missionDesignation Apollo 4 launch vehicle NERFINISHED
missionType test flight
uncrewed mission
notableAs first all-up test of Saturn V
first flight of the Saturn V rocket
operator NASA
orbitType low Earth orbit
partOf Apollo program NERFINISHED
payload Apollo 4 spacecraft NERFINISHED
Apollo Command and Service Module NERFINISHED
Apollo boilerplate Lunar Module (structural mass simulator) NERFINISHED
precededBy none
program Apollo lunar landing program NERFINISHED
rocketFamily Saturn V NERFINISHED
stage1Type S-IC NERFINISHED
stage2Type S-II
stage3Type S-IVB NERFINISHED
status retired
testObjective demonstrate high-speed Earth reentry
qualify Saturn V for crewed Apollo missions
validate Apollo Command and Service Module heat shield
validate Saturn V propulsion systems
validate Saturn V structural integrity
usedFor Apollo 4 mission NERFINISHED
testing Apollo spacecraft
testing Saturn V launch vehicle
uncrewed test flight
validating systems for future lunar missions

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