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Apollo 4
Apollo 4, the first flight of a Saturn V launch vehicle, rises from Launch Pad 39A
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Mission type
| Test flight
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Operator
| NASA
[1]
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COSPAR ID
| 1967-113A
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SATCAT
no.
| 3032
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Mission duration
| 8 hours, 36 minutes, 59 seconds
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Orbits completed
| 3
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Spacecraft
| Apollo CSM
-017
Apollo LTA-10R
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Manufacturer
| North American Rockwell
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Launch mass
| 36,856 kilograms (81,253 lb)
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Launch date
| November 9, 1967, 12:00:01
(
1967-11-09UTC12:00:01Z
)
UTC
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Rocket
| Saturn V
SA-501
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Launch site
| Kennedy
LC-39A
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Recovered by
| USS
Bennington
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Landing date
| November 9, 1967, 20:37:00
(
1967-11-09UTC20:38Z
)
UTC
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Landing site
| North Pacific Ocean
30°06′N
172°32′W
/
30.100°N 172.533°W
/
30.100; -172.533
(
Apollo 4 splashdown
)
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Reference system
| Geocentric
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Regime
| Highly elliptical orbit
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Perigee
| ?204 kilometers (?110 nmi)
[2]
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Apogee
| 18,092 kilometers (9,769 nmi)
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Inclination
| 31.9 degrees
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Period
| 314.58 minutes (initial)
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Epoch
| November 9, 1967
[3]
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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.