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Class: Technology. Type: RV. Destination: Maximum Payload Orbit. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Launch vehicle test. Typical orbit: 274 km x 740 km at 31 degrees inclination. Mass: 17,100 kg (37,600 lb).
Jupiter nose cone Chronology - 1964 January 29 - Saturn 5 - Program: Apollo. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: LC37B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn I. Mass: 17,100 kg (37,600 lb). Perigee: 274 km (170 mi). Apogee: 740 km (450 mi). Inclination: 31.40 deg. Period: 94.80 min.
First first mission of Block II Saturn with two live stages. SA-5, a vehicle development flight, was launched from Cape Kennedy Complex 37B at 11:25:01.41, e.s.t. This was the first flight of the Saturn I Block II configuration (i.e., lengthened fuel tanks in the S-1 and stabilizing tail fins), as well as the first flight of a live (powered) S-IV upper stage. The S-1, powered by eight H-1 engines, reached a full thrust of over 680,400 kilograms (1.5 million pounds) the first time in flight. The S-IV's 41,000 kilogram (90,000-pound-thrust cluster of six liquid-hydrogen RL-10 engines performed as expected. The Block II SA-5 was also the first flight test of the Saturn I guidance system.
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