Apollo-4 (20)

Pad 39-A (1)

Saturn-V AS-501 (1)

1st Saturn V launch

1st Launch from Launch Complex 39-A

Firing Room 1 (1)

LUT 1 (1)

Milestones:

06/19/67 - Launch vehicle at Pad

06/20/67 - Spacecraft at Pad

11/09/67 - Launch

Payload:

CSM-017

LTA-10R

Mission Objective:

Demonstrate structural and thermal integrity and compatibility of launch vehicle and spacecraft; confirm launch loads and dynamic characteristics. Verify operation of command module heatshield (adequacy of Block II design for reentry at lunar return conditions), service propulsion system (SPS; including no ullage start), and selective subsystems. Evaluate performance of emergency detection system in open-loop configuration. Demonstrate mission support facilities and operations needed for launch, mission conduct, and CM recovery. All mission objectives achieved.

Launch:

November 9, 1967; 07:00:01 a.m. EST. Launch Complex 39-A Eastern Test Range, Cape Canaveral FL. No Delays during countdown. Launch Weight: xxx,xxx lbs.

Orbit:

Altitude: 187km x 183km

Inclination: xxx degrees

Orbits:

Duration: 0 Days, 8 hours, 36 min, 59 seconds

Distance: miles

Landing:

November 9, 1967, 03:37 pm EST. Landing in Atlantic Ocean at 30deg 06min North and 172 deg 32min West. Missed pland impact point by only 16km. Landing Weight: xxx,xxx lbs.

Mission Highlights:

During third orbit and after SPS engine burn, spacecraft coasted to a simulated translunar trajectory, reaching an altitude of 18,079 kilometers. The AS-501 launch marked the initial flight testing of the S-IC and S-II stages. The first stage S-IC performed accurately with the center F-1 engine cutting off at 135.5 seconds and the outboard engines cutting off at LOX depletion at 150.8 seconds when the vehicle was traveling at 9660km/h at an altitude of 61.6km. Stage seperation occured only 1.2 seconds off the predicted time. Cutoff of the S-II occured at 519.8 seconds.

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