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{{Short description|1961 mission in NASA's Apollo spaceflight program}} |
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{{Infobox spaceflight |
{{Infobox spaceflight |
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| name = Saturn I SA-1 |
| name = Saturn I SA-1 |
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| image_caption = SA-1 lifting off |
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| insignia = Apollo program.svg |
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| mission_type = Test flight |
| mission_type = Test flight |
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| operator = [[NASA]] |
| operator = [[NASA]] |
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| mission_duration = 15 minutes |
| mission_duration = 15 minutes |
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| suborbital_apogee = {{convert|136.2|km|mi|sp=us}} |
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| launch_date = {{start-date|October 27, 1961, 15:06:04|timezone=yes}} UTC |
| launch_date = {{start-date|October 27, 1961, 15:06:04|timezone=yes}} UTC |
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| launch_rocket = [[Saturn I]] SA-1 |
| launch_rocket = [[Saturn I]] SA-1 |
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| launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|LC-34]] |
| launch_site = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|LC-34]] |
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| next_mission = [[Saturn I SA-2]] |
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| programme = [[Apollo program|Project Apollo]]<br/><small> |
| programme = [[Apollo program|Project Apollo]]<br /><small>Uncrewed tests</small> |
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'''SA-1''' was the first flight of the [[Saturn I]] space launch vehicle, the first in the [[Saturn rocket|Saturn family]], and first mission of the American [[Apollo program]]. The rocket was launched on October 27, 1961 from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], Florida. |
'''Saturn-Apollo 1''' ('''SA-1''') was the first flight of the [[Saturn I]] space launch vehicle, the first in the [[Saturn rocket|Saturn family]], and first mission of the American [[Apollo program]]. The rocket was launched on October 27, 1961, from [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Canaveral]], Florida.<ref name="NSSDC-SA1">{{cite web |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=SATURNSA1 |title=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive - Saturn SA-1}}</ref> |
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==Objectives== |
== Objectives == |
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The Saturn I booster was a huge increase in size and power over anything previously launched. It was three times taller, required six times more fuel and produced ten times more thrust than the [[ |
The Saturn I booster was a huge increase in size and power over anything previously launched. It was three times taller, required six times more fuel and produced ten times more thrust than the [[Juno I]] rocket that had launched the first American satellite, ''[[Explorer 1]]'', into orbit in 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/expinfo.html|title=Explorer Information}}</ref> |
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At the time, [[NASA]] had decided to not use all-up testing, when an entire system is tested at once. The agency planned to test each rocket stage in separate launches, so for SA-1 the only live stage was the [[S-I]] first stage. |
At the time, [[NASA]] had decided to not use all-up testing, when an entire system is tested at once. The agency planned to test each rocket stage in separate launches, so for SA-1 the only live stage was the [[S-I]] first stage. |
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This first flight was designed to test the structure of the launch vehicle during a [[suborbital flight]] using the nose cone from a Jupiter rocket. |
This first flight was designed to test the structure of the launch vehicle during a [[suborbital flight]] using the nose cone from a Jupiter rocket. |
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==Preparation== |
== Preparation == |
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[[File:Saturn SA1 on launch pad.jpg|thumb|right|SA-1 before launch]] |
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As this was the first Saturn flight, the systems were still being developed. It was the first time that a stage had been delivered to Cape Canaveral by barge and it demonstrated this could be done for the larger stages of future Saturn rockets. |
As this was the first Saturn flight, the systems were still being developed. It was the first time that a stage had been delivered to Cape Canaveral by barge and it demonstrated this could be done for the larger stages of future Saturn rockets. |
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The first stage and the two dummy upper stages arrived on August 15, 1961 on the barge ''Compromise''. It had encountered some problems on the voyage, running aground four times due to poor [[nautical chart]]s. On the return trip, the barge hit a bridge, causing some minor damage. |
The first stage and the two dummy upper stages arrived on August 15, 1961, on the barge ''Compromise''. It had encountered some problems on the voyage, running aground four times due to poor [[nautical chart]]s. On the return trip, the barge hit a bridge, causing some minor damage.<ref name="Moonport">{{cite book |last1=Benson |first1=Charles D. |last2=Faherty |first2=William Barnaby |title=Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations - Chapter 3 - Launching the First Saturn I Booster |year=1978 |url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/contents.html |access-date=2022-11-11 |archive-date=2008-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123133438/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/contents.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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The booster was erected at [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|Pad 34]] five days later with little trouble. Testing proceeded, albeit a little behind schedule. At this time, testing was not automated and amounted to flicking switches in the control center and observing how the rocket responded. |
The booster was erected at [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|Pad 34]] five days later with little trouble. Testing proceeded, albeit a little behind schedule. At this time, testing was not automated and amounted to flicking switches in the control center and observing how the rocket responded. |
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==Flight== |
== Flight == |
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At 12:30 p.m. [[Time zone#UTC-5 (EST |
At 12:30 p.m. [[Time zone#UTC-5 (EST – Eastern Standard Time)|EST]] on October 27, 1961, the [[RP-1]] propellant started to flow into the rocket. |
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A slight surplus (3%)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/sa-1/sa-1.html |title = NASA Apollo Mission SA-1 |
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001030081104/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/sa-1/sa-1.html |archive-date=30 October 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref> of the fuel required was put into the rocket, as it was possible to easily drain fuel. Just before launch, surplus fuel was removed from the tanks. |
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[[Liquid oxygen]] began flowing into its tanks at 3:00 a.m. the next day. It followed the same procedure as the RP-1 with the tanks being filled to 10 percent to check for leaks, then fast filled to 97 percent, then slowly topped off. |
[[Liquid oxygen]] began flowing into its tanks at 3:00 a.m. the next day. It followed the same procedure as the RP-1 with the tanks being filled to 10 percent to check for leaks, then fast filled to 97 percent, then slowly topped off. |
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Despite a couple of delays due to bad weather, the rocket was launched only one hour behind schedule. The engineers had given the rocket only a 75 percent chance of lifting off and only a 30 percent chance of completing a nominal flight. Even with a nominal flight some damage was thought possible. At the [[Redstone Arsenal]], ground testing had shattered windows 12 km away. |
Despite a couple of delays due to bad weather, the rocket was launched only one hour behind schedule. The engineers had given the rocket only a 75 percent chance of lifting off and only a 30 percent chance of completing a nominal flight. Even with a nominal flight some damage was thought possible. At the [[Redstone Arsenal]], ground testing had shattered windows 12 km away. |
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The sound of the launch was a disappointment for some witnesses, being described as like an [[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas rocket]] launch, when observers stood 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away instead of three miles (5 km) for a Saturn launch. It was later determined that the cause of the difference between the Cape and the Redstone Arsenal was atmospheric conditions damping the sound. |
The sound of the launch was a disappointment for some witnesses, being described as like an [[Atlas (rocket)|Atlas rocket]] launch, when observers stood 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away instead of three miles (5 km) for a Saturn launch. It was later determined that the cause of the difference between the Cape and the Redstone Arsenal was atmospheric conditions damping the sound.<ref name="Moonport"/> |
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{{Blockquote|text="Ignition. All engines running. Launch commit, launch commit! Liftoff! (shouting) Go, go, go, go! Go man! Go! "<ref>{{Citation |title=SATURN I SA-1 launch (1961/10/27) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOKpnXDfyUI |language=en |access-date=2022-07-17}}</ref>}} |
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| ⚫ | The flight itself was nearly perfect. The rocket reached a height of 136.5 km and impacted 345.7 km down range from the launch site in the Atlantic Ocean. The only real problem was the rocket cut off 1.6 seconds ahead of schedule. This was traced to the fact that there was 400 kg too much liquid oxygen and 410 kg too little RP-1. For the test flight, SA-1 only carried a propellant load that was 83 percent full. |
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| ⚫ | The flight itself was nearly perfect. The rocket reached a height of 136.5 km and impacted 345.7 km down range from the launch site in the Atlantic Ocean.<ref name="NSSDC-SA1"/> The only real problem was the rocket cut off 1.6 seconds ahead of schedule. This was traced to the fact that there was 400 kg too much liquid oxygen and 410 kg too little RP-1. For the test flight, SA-1 only carried a propellant load that was 83 percent full. |
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{{Commons category|Saturn-Apollo 1}} |
{{Commons category|Saturn-Apollo 1}} |
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*[https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19740074734_1974074734.pdf Saturn SA-1 Flight Evaluation December 1961] (dead link) |
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*{{YouTube|Q-8c2VGnia8|Saturn I SA-1 Launch Video}} |
*{{YouTube|Q-8c2VGnia8|Saturn I SA-1 Launch Video}} |
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*[https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=SATURNSA1 NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20001030081104/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/sa-1/sa-1.html NASA Apollo Mission SA-1] |
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*[https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/contents.html ''Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and Operations''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123133438/https://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/contents.html |date=2008-01-23 }} |
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*http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/history/apollo/sa-1/sa-1.html |
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{{Apollo program| before=''first Apollo launch''| after=[[SA-2 (Apollo)|SA-2]]}} |
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SA-1 lifting off
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| Mission type | Test flight |
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| Operator | NASA |
| Mission duration | 15 minutes |
| Distance travelled | 331.5 kilometers (206.0 mi) |
| Apogee | 136.2 kilometers (84.6 mi) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 52,480 kilograms (115,700 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | October 27, 1961, 15:06:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:06:04Z) UTC |
| Rocket | Saturn I SA-1 |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral LC-34 |
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| Decay date | October 27, 1961, 15:21:04 (1961-10-27UTC15:21:05Z) UTC |
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Saturn-Apollo 1 (SA-1) was the first flight of the Saturn I space launch vehicle, the first in the Saturn family, and first mission of the American Apollo program. The rocket was launched on October 27, 1961, from Cape Canaveral, Florida.[1]
The Saturn I booster was a huge increase in size and power over anything previously launched. It was three times taller, required six times more fuel and produced ten times more thrust than the Juno I rocket that had launched the first American satellite, Explorer 1, into orbit in 1958.[2]
At the time, NASA had decided to not use all-up testing, when an entire system is tested at once. The agency planned to test each rocket stage in separate launches, so for SA-1 the only live stage was the S-I first stage.
This first flight was designed to test the structure of the launch vehicle during a suborbital flight using the nose cone from a Jupiter rocket.
As this was the first Saturn flight, the systems were still being developed. It was the first time that a stage had been delivered to Cape Canaveral by barge and it demonstrated this could be done for the larger stages of future Saturn rockets. The first stage and the two dummy upper stages arrived on August 15, 1961, on the barge Compromise. It had encountered some problems on the voyage, running aground four times due to poor nautical charts. On the return trip, the barge hit a bridge, causing some minor damage.[3]
The booster was erected at Pad 34 five days later with little trouble. Testing proceeded, albeit a little behind schedule. At this time, testing was not automated and amounted to flicking switches in the control center and observing how the rocket responded.
At 12:30 p.m. EST on October 27, 1961, the RP-1 propellant started to flow into the rocket. A slight surplus (3%)[4] of the fuel required was put into the rocket, as it was possible to easily drain fuel. Just before launch, surplus fuel was removed from the tanks.
Liquid oxygen began flowing into its tanks at 3:00 a.m. the next day. It followed the same procedure as the RP-1 with the tanks being filled to 10 percent to check for leaks, then fast filled to 97 percent, then slowly topped off.
Despite a couple of delays due to bad weather, the rocket was launched only one hour behind schedule. The engineers had given the rocket only a 75 percent chance of lifting off and only a 30 percent chance of completing a nominal flight. Even with a nominal flight some damage was thought possible. At the Redstone Arsenal, ground testing had shattered windows 12 km away.
The sound of the launch was a disappointment for some witnesses, being described as like an Atlas rocket launch, when observers stood 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away instead of three miles (5 km) for a Saturn launch. It was later determined that the cause of the difference between the Cape and the Redstone Arsenal was atmospheric conditions damping the sound.[3]
"Ignition. All engines running. Launch commit, launch commit! Liftoff! (shouting) Go, go, go, go! Go man! Go! "[5]
The flight itself was nearly perfect. The rocket reached a height of 136.5 km and impacted 345.7 km down range from the launch site in the Atlantic Ocean.[1] The only real problem was the rocket cut off 1.6 seconds ahead of schedule. This was traced to the fact that there was 400 kg too much liquid oxygen and 410 kg too little RP-1. For the test flight, SA-1 only carried a propellant load that was 83 percent full.
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