Jupiter nose cone
Spacecraft · USA
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American re-entry vehicle technology satellite. Saturn 5. Launch vehicle test.
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Related
- Country
- USA
- Launch Vehicles
- Saturn I
- Projects
- Apollo
- Launch Sites
- Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral LC37B
- Agency
- NASA
Chronology
1 event
1964 January 29
16:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC37B. Launch Vehicle: Saturn I.- Saturn 5 - .
Payload: Saturn-SA 5. Mass: 17,100 kg (37,600 lb). Nation: USA.
Agency: NASA Huntsville.
Program: Apollo.
Class: Technology.
Type: Re-entry test vehicle. Spacecraft: Jupiter nose cone.
Decay Date: 1966-04-30 . USAF Sat Cat: 744 . COSPAR: 1964-005A. Apogee: 740 km (450 mi). Perigee: 274 km (170 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.