Editing AS-102 (section)

{{Short description|1964 Saturn I failure}}
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{{Infobox spaceflight
| name                  = AS-102 
| image                 = Saturn SA7 launch.jpg
| image_caption         = Launch of AS-102
| insignia              =

| mission_type          = Spacecraft aerodynamics
| operator              = [[NASA]]
| COSPAR_ID             = 1964-057A 
| SATCAT                = 883
| mission_duration      = ~7&nbsp;hours, 30&nbsp;minutes

| orbits_completed      = 59
| distance_travelled    =

| spacecraft            = [[Apollo (spacecraft)|Apollo]] BP-15
| manufacturer          = 
| launch_mass           = {{convert|16700|kg|lb}}
| landing_mass          =

| launch_date           = {{start date text|September 18, 1964, 16:22:43|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC 
| launch_rocket         = [[Saturn I]] SA-7
| launch_site           = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Kennedy]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37|LC-37B]]

| disposal_type         = Uncontrolled reentry
| last_contact          = {{end date text|September 18, 1964|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC
| decay_date            = {{end date text|September 22, 1964|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC

| orbit_epoch           = September 20, 1964<ref name="satcat">{{cite web|url=http://planet4589.org/space/log/satcat.txt|title=Satellite Catalog|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell|work=Jonathan's Space Page|access-date=31 October 2013}}</ref>
| orbit_reference       = [[geocentric orbit|Geocentric]]
| orbit_regime          = [[Low Earth orbit]]
| orbit_periapsis       = {{convert|177|km|nmi|sp=us}}
| orbit_apoapsis        = {{convert|206|km|nmi|sp=us}}
| orbit_inclination     = 31.7&nbsp;degrees 
| orbit_period          = 88.32&nbsp;minutes 
| apsis                 = gee

| previous_mission      = [[AS-101]]
| next_mission          = [[AS-103]]
| programme             = [[Apollo program]]
}}

'''AS-102''' (also designated '''SA-7''') was the seventh flight of the [[Saturn I]] launch vehicle, which carried the [[Boilerplate (spaceflight)|boilerplate]] [[Apollo spacecraft]] BP-15 into [[low Earth orbit]].<ref>[https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1964-057A NSSDC: ''SA-7'']</ref> The test took place on September 18, 1964, lasting for five orbits (about seven and a half hours). The spacecraft and its upper stage completed 59 orbits before reentering the atmosphere and crashing in the Indian Ocean on September 22, 1964.