Saturn I
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The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound low Earth orbit payloads. Its development was taken over from the Advanced Research Pro
The first Saturn I was launched October 27, 1961.
A 1/20th-scale model of first-stage Saturn is prepared for testing in the 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the early 1960s
Von Braun, with JFK pointing at Saturn I at Cape Canaveral on 16 November 1963, weeks prior to its launch
A diagram of the S-I first stage of the Saturn I
S-IV
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The S-IV was the second stage of the Saturn I rocket used by NASA for early flights in the Apollo program.
Saturn I
…top, now to be known as the S-V stage. The C-2 model added a new S-III stage with two new 150,000 to 200,000 lbf (670 to 890 kN) engines, keeping the S-IV and S-V on top. The C-3 configuration added the S-II stage with four of these same engines, keeping only the S-III and S-IV on top. The C models easily…
Schematics of the S-IV
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