Apollo 15 Saturn V Launch. The 363-foot tall Apollo 15 Saturn V is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space, Florida, at 9:34:00.79 a.m., July 26, 1971, on a lunar landing mission. Note that the launch is reflected in a body of water across from the launch complex (NASA Media Archives). Buy this as a superb wall poster, a canvas print or a framed print.