Saturn B-1 Explained

Saturn B-1
Country-Origin:United States
Manufacturer:Von Braun
Height:74 m
Alt-Height:242.00 ft
Diameter:6.52 m
Alt-Diameter:21.39 ft
Mass:680,420 kg
Stages:4 (all used on various vehicles, now retired)
Status:Never flown
Sites:N/A
Stage1name:S-IB
Stage1engines:8 × Rocketdyne H-1b
Stage1thrust:1852822lbf
Stage1time:155 seconds
Stage1fuel:RP-1/LOX
Stage2name:Titan Cluster
Stage2engines:4 LR-89-5
Stage2thrust:2940.000 kN
Stage2time:137 seconds
Stage2fuel:RP-1/LOX
Stage3name:S-IV
Stage3engines:6 RL-10
Stage3thrust:400.346 kN
Stage3time:482 seconds
Stage3fuel:LH2/LOX
Stage4name:Centaur C
Stage4fuel:LH2/LOX
Stage4time:430 sec
Stage4thrust:133.448 kN
Stage4engines:2 RL-10A-1

Studied in 1959, the Saturn B-1,[1] was a four-stage concept rocket similar to the Jupiter-C, and consisted of a Saturn IB first stage, a cluster of four Titan I first stages used for a second stage, a S-IV third stage and a Centaur high-energy liquid-fueled fourth stage.[2] [3] Like its proposed predecessors, the Saturn B-1 never flew and neither did the Titan cluster stage. The S-IV however flew on the Saturn I.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-12-28 . Saturn B-1 . 2024-05-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161228040409/http://astronautix.com/s/saturnb-1.html . 2016-12-28 .
  2. Book: Bilstein, Roger E. . Stages to Saturn: a technological history of the Apollo/Saturn launch vehicles . 1996 . National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs . 978-0-16-048909-9 . The NASA history series . Washington, DC.
  3. Koelle . Heinz Hermann . Street . R. E. . 1962-10-01 . Handbook of Astronautical Engineering . Physics Today . 15 . 10 . 60–62 . 10.1063/1.3057803 . 0031-9228.