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Saturn IB

United States

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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.

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Vehicle Class
Medium-lift expendable crewed launch vehicle 1
Manufacturer
Chrysler Corporation (first stage), Douglas Aircraft (second stage) 2
First Flight Date
1966-02-26 2
Date of its first uncrewed flight, AS-201; its first crewed flight, Apollo 7, followed in October 1968.
Status
Retired after the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, its final flight. 2
Height (m)
68 2
Stages
2 2
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NASA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source NASA History Office

Part Of

Saturn V, Spacecraft

Not a literal part; grouped as the smaller sibling in the same Saturn family of launch vehicles developed under the Apollo program.

Source NASA History Office
Sources
1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/s/saturnib.html
Quote, 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.
2. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://www.nasa.gov/history/50-years-ago-final-saturn-rocket-rolls-out-to-launch-pad-39/
Quote, https://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.
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2. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationOperated By: NASAView the Source
2. NASA History Office
National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPart Of: Saturn VView the Source
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