Apollo 4 (AS-501), the uncrewed first flight of the Saturn V and all-up test of the three-stage rocket with CSM-017. Saturn V from Kennedy LC-39A on 9 November 1967 flew a high elliptical Earth orbit, qualified the heat shield at lunar-return speed, and recovered successfully in the Pacific.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Elliptical orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 23.5 T
- Flight
- 1st
- of 13 Saturn V flights
- Date and time
- 9 November 1967, 12:00 UTC
- Rocket
- Saturn V
- Builder
- Boeing / North American / Douglas
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Payload
- Human Exploration
- International designator
- 1967-113
- Launches in 1967
- 124th of 139
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