Apollo/Saturn 201 launched from Kennedy Space Center Apollo/Saturn 201 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 34 at 11:12 a.m., February 26, 1966. The instrumented Apollo - command and service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter - was successfully launched on the unmanned suborbital mission by the Saturn 1B to check spacecraft launch vehicle mechanical compatibility and to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity reentry mode.
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