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.
Identity
- Aliases
- Saturn 1B
- Family Name
- Saturn
- Full Name
- Saturn IB
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- 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.
- Diameter M
- 6.61
- Engines
- Count
- 8
- Name
- H-1
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 1
- Name
- J-2
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 1,966
- Height M
- 68.3
- Last Flight Year
- 1,975
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 590,000
- Manufacturer Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Operator Id
- vh76vnx3yy1vy23j7zc3wk80wx7nhx5f
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7kdmav56w08h2jw1r8vwym4185jh0f
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 21,000
- Stages Count
- 2
- Strap On Boosters Count
- 0
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_IB
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 6:52:34 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/14/2026, 8:32:46 AM