![]() Apollo 4, the first flight of a Saturn V launch vehicle, rises from Launch Pad 39A | |
Mission type | Test flight |
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Operator | NASA[1] |
COSPAR ID | 1967-113A |
SATCAT no. | 3032 |
Mission duration | 8 hours, 36 minutes, 59 seconds |
Orbits completed | 3 |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Apollo CSM-017 Apollo LTA-10R |
Manufacturer | North American Rockwell |
Launch mass | 36,856 kilograms (81,253 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | November 9, 1967, 12:00:01 | UTC
Rocket | Saturn V SA-501 |
Launch site | Kennedy LC-39A |
End of mission | |
Recovered by | USS Bennington |
Landing date | November 9, 1967, 20:37:00 | UTC
Landing site | North Pacific Ocean 30°06′N 172°32′W / 30.100°N 172.533°W |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Highly elliptical orbit |
Perigee | −204 kilometers (−110 nmi)[2] |
Apogee | 18,092 kilometers (9,769 nmi) |
Inclination | 31.9 degrees |
Period | 314.58 minutes (initial) |
Epoch | November 9, 1967[3] |
Apollo 4 was the first unmanned test flight mission of the Saturn V launch vehicle. This was the rocket used in the Apollo program to send the first men to the Moon. The rocket was launched on November 9, 1967 from the Kennedy Space Center. NASA said that the mission was a complete success, and it helped the Apollo program very much.