SA-9
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SA-9 is a mission or operation designation associated with the S-I rocket stage program in early U.S. spaceflight development.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Saturn I mission
ⓘ
uncrewed spaceflight mission ⓘ |
| agencyProgram | NASA Apollo program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apogee | approximately 740 kilometers ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crew | uncrewed ⓘ |
| dataUse | design of Apollo spacecraft micrometeoroid protection ⓘ |
| designation | Saturn-Apollo 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | early 1960s space race ⓘ |
| firstStageEngines | 8 H-1 engines ⓘ |
| firstStagePropellant | RP-1 and liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| inclination | approximately 31.7 degrees ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1965-02-16 ⓘ |
| launchOutcome | success ⓘ |
| launchPad | LC-37B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Cape Canaveral, Florida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 37B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchTimeUTC | 14:37:02 ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Saturn I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleStage |
S-I first stage
ⓘ
S-IV second stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| micrometeoroidExperiment | Pegasus deployable wing detectors ⓘ |
| missionDuration | Pegasus 1 operational for several years in orbit ⓘ |
| missionOutcome | success ⓘ |
| missionType |
Apollo boilerplate test
ⓘ
suborbital test flight ⓘ |
| nextMission | SA-10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
early validation of Apollo spacecraft structural design
ⓘ
first Pegasus micrometeoroid satellite launch ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitalPeriod | approximately 97 minutes ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| partOf |
Apollo program test flights
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saturn I program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payload |
Apollo boilerplate command and service module BP-16
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pegasus 1 micrometeoroid detection satellite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| payloadMass | approximately 16,965 kilograms ⓘ |
| perigee | approximately 502 kilometers ⓘ |
| previousMission | SA-8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryObjective |
deploy Pegasus 1 for micrometeoroid environment studies
ⓘ
test Saturn I Block II vehicle performance ⓘ |
| programSequence | ninth Saturn I flight ⓘ |
| rocketConfiguration | Saturn I Block II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondaryObjective | test Apollo boilerplate spacecraft and launch escape system ⓘ |
| secondStageEngines | 6 RL10A-3 engines ⓘ |
| secondStagePropellant | liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| spacecraftType | Apollo boilerplate spacecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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