Saturn IB

Local nameSaturn IB
LocationFlorida, United States

The Saturn IB was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Apollo program. It uprated the Saturn I by replacing the S-IV second stage, with the S-IVB. The S-IB first stage also increased the S-I baseline's thrust from 1,500,000 pounds-force to 1,600,000 pounds-force and propellant load by 3.1%. This increased the Saturn I's low Earth orbit payload capability from 20,000 pounds to 46,000 pounds, enough for early flight tests of a half-fueled Apollo command and service module or a fully fueled Apollo Lunar Module, before the larger Saturn V needed for lunar flight was ready.

By sharing the S-IVB upper stage, the Saturn IB and Saturn V provided a common interface to the Apollo spacecraft. The only major difference was that the S-IVB on the Saturn V burned only part of its propellant to achieve Earth orbit, so it could be restarted for trans-lunar injection.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_IB

Address (Unnamed Road), 32815, United States

Coordinates 28°31'25.675" N -80°41'0.313" E

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