AS-201
1966 uncrewed, suborbital test flight within the Apollo program / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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AS-201 (Also known as SA-201 or Apollo 1-A), flown February 26, 1966, was the first uncrewed test flight of an entire production Block I Apollo command and service module and the Saturn IB launch vehicle. The spacecraft consisted of the second Block I command module and the first Block I service module. The suborbital flight was a partially successful demonstration of the service propulsion system and the reaction control systems of both modules, and successfully demonstrated the capability of the command module's heat shield to survive re-entry from low Earth orbit.
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Mission type | Suborbital test flight |
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Operator | NASA |
Mission duration | 37 minutes, 19.7 seconds |
Range | 8,477 kilometers (4,577 nautical miles) |
Apogee | 492.1 kilometers (265.7 nautical miles) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Apollo CSM-009 |
Manufacturer | North American Aviation |
Launch mass | 15,294 kilograms (33,718 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | February 26, 1966, 16:12:01 (1966-02-26UTC16:12:01Z) UTC |
Rocket | Saturn IB SA-201 |
Launch site | Cape Kennedy LC-34 |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | USS Boxer |
Landing date | February 26, 1966, 16:49:21 (1966-02-26UTC16:49:22Z) UTC |
Landing site | South Atlantic Ocean 8°56′S 10°43′W |
It was originally known simply as Apollo 1, but following the launch rehearsal fire of what was originally to be Apollo 4 killed it's crew, that crew was given the designation Apollo 1 in honor and thus the original Apollo 1 was renamed.