Editing AS-102 (section)

==Objectives==
AS-102 was designed to repeat the flight of [[AS-101]]. It would once again carry a boilerplate Apollo [[command and service module]]. The only difference from Boilerplate 13 carried on AS-101 was that on Boilerplate 15, one of the simulated reaction control system thruster quads (attitude control thrusters) was instrumented to record launch temperatures and vibrations.<ref name="SA7results"/>{{rp|103}} Another major difference on AS-102 was that the [[launch escape system]] (LES) tower would be jettisoned using the launch escape and pitch control motors.<ref name="SA7results"/>{{rp|3}}

AS-102 was the first time a Saturn rocket carried the ST-124 [[computer programming|programmable]] [[Saturn I#Saturn I Instrument Unit|guidance computer]]. Previous launches had used an onboard "black box" that was preprogrammed.<ref name="SA7results">{{cite report|title=Results of The Seventh Saturn I Launch Vehicle Test Flight SA-7
|date=December 30, 1964|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/59673352/Results-of-the-Seventh-Saturn-I-Launch-Vehicle-Test-Flight-SA-7#|publisher=NASA|access-date=May 7, 2023}}</ref>{{rp|2}} On AS-102 it would be possible to reprogram the computer during flight so that any anomalous behavior could potentially be corrected.

[[File:Apollo sa-7.jpg|thumb|left|Apollo Command Module boiler plate #15 checked out prior to SA-7 launch on September 18, 1964]]