Saturn I (SA-1) Launch Pad 34, 27 October 1961 Published on October 27, 2012 in 27 October 1961: 15:06:04 UTC, T minus ZeroFull resolution (889 × 1140) Next → The first Saturn I (SA-1) lifts off from Launch Complex 34, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 15:06:04 UTC, 27 October 1961. (NASA)