An American two-stage launch vehicle that bridged the single-stage Saturn I and the giant Saturn V, used to test Apollo command and service module hardware in Earth orbit, including the first crewed Apollo flight, Apollo 7, in October 1968. It later launched crews to Skylab and the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
Facts
Vehicle ClassMedium-lift expendable crewed launch vehicle 2 ManufacturerChrysler Corporation (first stage), Douglas Aircraft (second stage) 1 First Flight DateDate of its first uncrewed flight, AS-201; its first crewed flight, Apollo 7, followed in October 1968. StatusRetired after the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, its final flight. 1 Status
Status (category) Connections
Operated By
Source NASA History Office
In the Other Atlases
Manufactured By
Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.
Sources
1. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-final-saturn-rocket-rolls-out-to-launch-pad-39/
The Saturn IB rocket for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project was the 19th in the Saturn class stacked in the assembly building, beginning in 1966.
- Operated By: NASA
- Part Of: Saturn V
View the Source 2. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/s/saturnib.htmlQuote, http://astronautix.com/s/saturnib.html
Improved Saturn I, with uprated first stage and Saturn IVB second stage (common with Saturn V) replacing Saturn IV.
Saturn IB (Wikipedia)
In Group: NASA-Developed Launch Systems, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: NASA-Developed Launch Systems, Lead sentence
The Saturn IB (also known as the uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program.
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