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Launch of the SA-3 at Complex 34 and the second flight of "Project High Water". The major difference from SA-1 and SA-2 was that for the first time the first stage would be fully loaded with propellants, instead of the 83% that was carried on the first two flights. Also on this flight was a test of the retrorockets that fired to separate the first and second stages during a launch. On SA-3 these were not needed as the second stage was just a ballasted dummy. November 16, 1962.