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.
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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 |
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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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