28 May 1965: AS-104 (Saturn I S.A.-8) lifted off from Florida's Cape Kennedy A.F.S., the fourth flight of a boilerplate Apollo C.S.M. & the first night launch of the Apollo program; the boilerplate capsule was equipped with an instrumented reaction control engine assembly; AS-104 deployed the Pegasus II micrometeoroid detection satellite, which remained in operation until 1968 & in orbit until 1979.
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