#bp-26

[lonestarflight]

Diagram showing the major events of the ascent of SA-9 for the Apollo AS-103/Pegasus 1 mission.

Date: February 16, 1965

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[lonestarflight]

"Pegasus-1, meteoroid detection satellite, installed on Saturn I (SA-9 mission) S-IV stage. The satellite was used to obtain data on frequency and penetration of the potentially hazardous micrometeoroids in low Earth orbits and to relay the information back to Earth. SA-9 was launched on February 16, 1965 and the Pegasus-1 satellite was the first operational payload for Saturn I."

Date: January 13, 1965

NASA ID: link

[lonestarflight]

Lift-off of the AS-103 Saturn I Block II (BP-26/SA-9)with Pegasus 1 satellite onboard from LC-37B.

NASA ID: 1965-009

souvenir postal stamp

Date: February 16, 1965

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[lonestarflight]

Launch of AS-103 (SA-9)

Launch of the AS-103 Saturn I Block II (SA-9), the eighth Saturn I flight, from LC-37B.

"This was the first Saturn with an operational payload, the Pegasus I meteoroid detection satellite. SA-9 successfully deployed the Pegasus I, NASA's largest unmarned instrumented satellite, into near Earth orbit."

Date: February 16, 1965

NASA ID: 5-19619, MSFC-6519630, link, KSC-65P-13, MSFC-6519630, link, KSC-65-BP16-35, 107-KSC-65P-12

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