60 lat temu, 28.03.1963 o 20:11 wystrzelona została z wyrzutni LC-34 na Cape Canaveral do czwartego testowego lotu suborbitalnego RN Saturn I (SA-4).
Została osiągnięta wysokość 129 km i prędkość maksymalna 5906 km/h.
(koperta podpisana przez Roberta C. Seamansa Jr., ówczesnego zastępcę administratora NASA).
https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/16405970836557496371963 March 28 - . 20:11 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC34. Launch Vehicle: Saturn I.
Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Apogee: 129 km (80 mi).
Fourth suborbital test of Saturn I. The S-I Saturn stage reached an altitude of 129 kilometers (80 statute miles) and a peak velocity of 5,906 kilometers (3,660 miles) per hour. This was the last of four successful tests for the first stage of the Saturn I vehicle. After 100 seconds of flight, No. 5 of the booster's eight engines was cut off by a preset timer. That engine's propellants were rerouted to the remaining seven, which continued to burn. This experiment confirmed the "engine-out" capability that MSFC engineers had designed into the Saturn I.
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