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
linked to: Apollo 4
configuration Block I Saturn V
linked to: Saturn V
countryOfOrigin United States
firstOfSeries Saturn V
followedBy SA-502
launchCountry United States
launchDate 1967-11-09
launchDateTimeUTC 1967-11-09T12:00:01Z
launchOutcome success
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
Launch Complex 39A
launchVehicleFor Apollo 4
manufacturer Boeing
Douglas Aircraft Company
IBM
NASA
North American Aviation
missionDesignation Apollo 4 launch vehicle
linked to: Apollo 4
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
payload Apollo 4 spacecraft
linked to: Apollo 4

Apollo Command and Service Module
Apollo boilerplate Lunar Module (structural mass simulator)
linked to: Apollo Lunar Module
precededBy none
program Apollo lunar landing program
linked to: Apollo program
rocketFamily Saturn V
stage1Type S-IC
stage2Type S-II
stage3Type S-IVB
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
linked to: Apollo 4

testing Apollo spacecraft
testing Saturn V launch vehicle
uncrewed test flight
validating systems for future lunar missions

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