Saturn-Apollo 1 Spacecraft: (no serial number) Launch Vehicle: Saturn C-1 Blk I SA-1 Launched: 27 Oct 1961

⇑ Mission List ⇑ Designation: Apollo S1 P LV1(N)-1 Description: 1st Saturn C-1 Blk I suborbital, 1st stage live only

The 925,000-pound launch vehicle, the largest known to be tested up to that time, carried water-filled dummy upper stages to an altitude of 84.8 miles and 214.7 miles down the Atlantic Missile Range. The booster's eight clustered H-1 engines developed 1.3 million pounds of thrust. References: Ertel, Ivan D., and Morse, Mary Louise. 1969. The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology. Volume I, Through November 7. NASA SP-4009. Encyclopedia Astronautica. Wikipedia.