National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationSaturn ISpace Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Saturn-SA 7
Launched
September 18, 1964
Image: NASA
Summary
Saturn-SA 7 launched on a National Aeronautics and Space Administration Saturn I from Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on September 18, 1964. It was National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 56th launch, 7th this year and humanity's 360th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Saturn I flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 191 × 225 km orbit inclined 31.7°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 7th Saturn I flight · 3rd this yearNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's 56th launch7th this yearhumanity's 360th orbital launch attempt67th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Apollo BP-15 · NORAD 883 · 1964-057 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 1964-057A
- Epoch
- 1964-09-19 03:46:52 UTC
- Mean motion
- 16.26890791 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0025643
- Inclination
- 31.7315°
- Ascending node
- 41.3632°
- Arg. of perigee
- 126.6926°
- Mean anomaly
- 233.5641°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 8
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Apollo BP-15 · NORAD 883 · re-entered September 22, 1964
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Orbital test flight of the Saturn-IV upper stage of the Saturn-1 (Block-2) launch vehicle.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
3rd launch from Space Launch Complex 37B, 3rd this year · 120th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
40 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
112 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Saturn-SA 7 launch?
Saturn-SA 7 launched on September 18, 1964. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Saturn-SA 7?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Saturn-SA 7?
Saturn I, flown by National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Saturn I spec sheet
Where did Saturn-SA 7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did Saturn-SA 7 reach?
It reached a 191 × 225 km orbit inclined 31.7°.
How many satellites did Saturn-SA 7 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Saturn-SA 7 part of?
Apollo. About Apollo