AS-101
Sign in to saveAlso known as Apollo SA-6 CSM BP-13, SA-6, A-101
AS-101 (Apollo Saturn-101) (also designated SA-6) was the sixth flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the first boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The test took place on May 28, 1964, lasting for four orbits (about six hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed a total of 54 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Pacific Ocean on June 1, 1964.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- AS-101
- Spaceflight.image
- Saturn SA6 on launch pad.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- AS-101 (SA-6)
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Spacecraft aerodynamics
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 1964-025A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 800
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- ~5 hours, 53 minutes
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 54
- Spaceflight.spacecraft
- Apollo BP-13
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- Saturn I SA-6
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Cape Kennedy LC-37B
- Spaceflight.disposal_type
- Uncontrolled reentry
- Spaceflight.last_contact
- after 4 orbits
- Spaceflight.decay_date
- June 1, 1964
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 30 May 1964
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Saturn SA6 on launch pad.jpg
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- Commons category
- Saturn-Apollo 6
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1964-05-28
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- Boilerplate Apollo
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- Engine failure cause
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AS-101 (Apollo Saturn-101) (also designated SA-6) was the sixth flight of the Saturn I launch vehicle, which carried the first boilerplate Apollo spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The test took place on May 28, 1964, lasting for four orbits (about six hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed a total of 54 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Pacific Ocean on June 1, 1964.
The flight experienced a single anomaly: one of the eight first-stage Saturn I engines shut down early, but the guidance system compensated by burning the remaining seven engines longer. AS-101 was followed by four more flights to verify the launch aerodynamics of the Apollo command and service module (CSM) and its launch escape system (LES) tower.