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Saturn I/C-1, SA-3 moment of ignition, Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 16 November 1962, 12:45 pm EST.

 

"The Saturn C-1 heavy space vehicle prior to liftoff on its third flight from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on November 16, 1962. The Saturn is being developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Marshall Space Flight Center for the Apollo manned lunar landing program. This vehicle is 162 feet in height, weighs about 1.1 million pounds at liftoff and develops 1.3 millions pounds thrust."

 

Launch Complex 34:

 

youtu.be/SAVYzv5Zwwk

Credit: Air Force Space & Missile Museum Foundation

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-fNCZTkDk

Credit: Mark Gray/YouTube

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