Human Spaceflight
APOLLO 4 (AS-501)
DecayedHuman Spaceflight
Apollo 4, also known as SA-501, was the uncrewed first test flight of the Saturn V launch vehicle, the rocket that eventually took astronauts to the Moon. The space vehicle was assembled in the Vehicle Assembly Building, and was the first to be launched from Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, ascending from Launch Complex 39, where facilities built especially for the Saturn V had been constructed.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 9, 1967 at 12:00 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Saturn V →
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Mission
- Apollo 4
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 23,542 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1967-113A
- NORAD catalog №
- 3032
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- November 9, 1967
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- November 9, 1967
- Time in service
- 0 days
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed