Apollo AS-201
Apollo AS-201 was the first uncrewed flight of a production Apollo Command and Service Module and the first launch of Saturn IB. The suborbital test exercised the two-stage launch vehicle, spacecraft separation, the Service Propulsion System, high-energy atmospheric reentry, heat-shield performance, and command-module recovery in one integrated flight.
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- Aliases
- AS-201Apollo-Saturn 201Apollo CSM-009
- Name
- Apollo AS-201
- Slug
- apollo-as-201
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- Apollo AS-201 was the first uncrewed flight of a production Apollo Command and Service Module and the first launch of Saturn IB. The suborbital test exercised the two-stage launch vehicle, spacecraft separation, the Service Propulsion System, high-energy atmospheric reentry, heat-shield performance, and command-module recovery in one integrated flight.
- End Date
- 1966-02-26
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Saturn IB placed the Apollo spacecraft on its planned suborbital trajectory. The Service Module engine operated after separation, Command Module 009 survived reentry, and the capsule was recovered in the South Atlantic after a 37-minute flight, completing the principal integrated-flight objectives despite several spacecraft-system anomalies.
- Program
- Apollo
- Start Date
- 1966-02-26
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- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 18:29:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 18, 2026 at 18:29:11 UTC
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