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Saturn SA-5

Launch Successful

Launch Details

Date: 29 Jan 1964, 04:25 pm UTC

Rocket: Saturn I (Saturn)

Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mission

Type: Test Flight

Orbit: Low Earth Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

First orbital test flight of the Saturn-IV upper stage of the Saturn-1 (Block-2) launch vehicle. The payload consisted of a ballasted and instrumented nosecone attached to the Saturn-IV stage.