flown missionSuccess
Saturn V | Apollo 4
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLaunch Complex 39A — Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Apollo 4
- Type
- Human Exploration
- Target orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Apollo 4 was an "all-up" test, meaning all rocket stages and spacecraft were fully functional on the initial flight, a first for NASA. It was the first time the S-IC first stage and S-II second stage flew. It also demonstrated the S-IVB third stage's first in-flight restart. The mission used a Block I Command Service Module (CSM) modified to test several key Block II revisions, including its heat shield at simulated lunar-return velocity and angle.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Family
- Saturn
- Variant
- V
- Provider
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
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launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Location
- Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.6082, -80.6043