Saturn IB
Saturn IB was NASA's two-stage launch vehicle for Earth-orbital Apollo development and crewed operations. Nine vehicles flew successfully from 1966 through 1975: three early uncrewed tests, Apollo 5 and Apollo 7, the three crewed Skylab launches, and the American Apollo launch for Apollo-Soyuz.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Saturn 1B
- Family Name
- Saturn
- Full Name
- Saturn IB
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
- Variant Name
- IB
Details
- Description
- Saturn IB was NASA's two-stage launch vehicle for Earth-orbital Apollo development and crewed operations. Nine vehicles flew successfully from 1966 through 1975: three early uncrewed tests, Apollo 5 and Apollo 7, the three crewed Skylab launches, and the American Apollo launch for Apollo-Soyuz.
- Dimensions
- Diameter
- …
- Height
- …
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Last Flight Year
- 1,975
- Manufacturer
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
- Propulsion Configurations
- Entries
- Count
- 8
- Placement
- core
- Propulsion System
- Role
- main
- Stage
- first-stage
- Variant Notes
- Eight uprated H-1 engines power the Saturn IB S-IB first stage.
- Count
- 1
- Placement
- upper
- Propulsion System
- Role
- upper-stage
- Stage
- second-stage
- Variant Notes
- One J-2 engine powers the Saturn IB S-IVB second stage.
- Name
- Saturn IB production configuration
- Notes
- NASA identifies Saturn IB as a two-stage vehicle: eight uprated H-1 engines power the S-IB first stage and one J-2 engine powers the S-IVB second stage. No additional propulsion is asserted here.
- Rocket Specs
- Liftoff Mass
- …
- Payload Capacity
- LEO
- …
- Reusability
- expendable
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_IB
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- Creation Time
- July 13, 2026 at 06:52:34 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 06:18:03 UTC
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