Saturn B-1

Saturn B-1

Manufacturer	Von Braun
Country of origin	United States
Size
Height	74 m (242.00 ft)
Diameter	6.52 m (21.39 ft)
Mass	680,420 kg
Stages	4 (all used on various vehicles, now retired)
Launch history
Status	Never flown
Launch sites	N/A
First stage - S-IB
Engines	8 × Rocketdyne H-1b
Thrust	1,852,822 lbf (8,241.76 kN)
Burn time	155 seconds
Propellant	RP-1/LOX
Second stage Titan Cluster
Engines	4 LR-89-5
Thrust	2940.000 kN
Burn time	137 seconds
Propellant	RP-1/LOX
Third stage - S-IV
Engines	6 RL-10
Thrust	400.346 kN
Burn time	482 seconds
Propellant	LH2/LOX
Fourth stage - Centaur C
Engines	2 RL-10A-1
Thrust	133.448 kN
Burn time	430 sec
Propellant	LH2/LOX

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.

See also

• List of space launch system designs

References

1. "Saturn B-1". 2016-12-28. Archived from the original on 2016-12-28. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
2. Bilstein, Roger E. (1996). Stages to Saturn: a technological history of the Apollo/Saturn launch vehicles (pdf). The NASA history series. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs. ISBN   978-0-16-048909-9.
3. Koelle, Heinz Hermann; Street, R. E. (1962-10-01). "Handbook of Astronautical Engineering" . Physics Today. 15 (10): 60–62. doi:10.1063/1.3057803. ISSN   0031-9228.