Editing AS-201 (section)

{{short description|1966 uncrewed, suborbital test flight within the Apollo program}}
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 {{Infobox spaceflight
 | name = AS-201
 | image = AS-201 launch.jpg
 | image_caption = Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn IB launch vehicle
<!-- This flight did NOT have an insignia; DO NOT put back the Apollo Program insignia! -->
| mission_type          = Suborbital test flight
| operator              = [[NASA]]
| mission_duration = 37&nbsp;minutes, 19.7&nbsp;seconds
| suborbital_apogee     = {{convert|265.7|nmi|km|disp=flip|sp=us|abbr=off}}
| suborbital_range      = {{convert|4577|nmi|km|disp=flip|sp=us|abbr=off}}

| spacecraft            = [[Apollo command and service module|Apollo CSM]]-009
| manufacturer          = [[North American Aviation]]
| launch_mass           = {{convert|33,718|lb|kg|disp=flip|sp=us}}
| landing_mass          =

| launch_date           = {{start-date|February 26, 1966, 16:12:01|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC 
| launch_rocket         = [[Saturn IB]] SA-201
| launch_site           = [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station|Cape Kennedy]] [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34|LC-34]]

| landing_date          = {{end-date|February 26, 1966, 16:49:21|timezone=yes}}&nbsp;UTC 
| landing_site          = South Atlantic Ocean<br/>{{coord|8|56|S|10|43|W|type:event|name=AS-201 splashdown}}
| recovery_by           = {{USS|Boxer|CV-21|6}}
| previous_mission      = [[AS-105]]
| next_mission          = [[AS-203]]
| programme             = [[Apollo program]]
}}

'''AS-201''' (Also known as '''SA-201''', '''Apollo 1-A''', or '''Apollo 1''' prior to the 1967 pad fire,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Apollo Program - Apollo 1 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/apollo-1/ |website=NASA |access-date=May 12, 2025}}</ref> flown February 26, 1966, was the first [[Uncrewed spacecraft|uncrewed]] test flight of an entire production Block I [[Apollo command and service module]] and the [[Saturn IB]] launch vehicle. The spacecraft consisted of the second Block I command module and the first Block I service module. The [[suborbital flight]] was a partially successful demonstration of the service propulsion system and the [[reaction control system]]s of both modules, and successfully demonstrated the capability of the command module's [[heat shield]] to survive re-entry from [[low Earth orbit]].