Saturn I
Saturn I was NASA's first Saturn launch vehicle and the United States' first rocket developed specifically to place large payloads into Earth orbit. Four Block I development vehicles flew with dummy upper stages, followed by six orbital Block II vehicles with a live S-IV second stage. All ten flights from 1961 through 1965 succeeded.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Saturn 1Saturn C-1
- Family Name
- Saturn I
- Full Name
- Saturn I
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- Saturn I was NASA's first Saturn launch vehicle and the United States' first rocket developed specifically to place large payloads into Earth orbit. Four Block I development vehicles flew with dummy upper stages, followed by six orbital Block II vehicles with a live S-IV second stage. All ten flights from 1961 through 1965 succeeded.
- Dimensions
- Diameter M
- 6.52
- First Flight Year
- 1,961
- Last Flight Year
- 1,965
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Nested value
- Name
- Saturn I Block I
- Notes
- Powered S-I first stage only: the Block I vehicles flew with inert/dummy upper stages, so no upper-stage propulsion is asserted.
- Entries
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Name
- Saturn I Block II
- Notes
- Two powered stages: the S-I first stage and S-IV second stage used on the orbital Block II vehicles.
- Rocket Specs
- Reusability
- expendable
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_I
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- Creation Time
- July 14, 2026 at 08:30:45 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 1, 2026 at 13:07:18 UTC
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