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Saturn family

Saturn I

United States1964 to 1965
Drawing of the Saturn I

The first Saturn, with eight engines clustered on its first stage and a liquid-hydrogen second stage. In 1964 and 1965 it flies Apollo boilerplate capsules and the Pegasus micrometeoroid satellites without a failure.

Launches
6
Success rate
100%
0 failures
First flight
29 January 1964
Saturn SA-5
Last flight
30 July 1965
Pegasus 3
Builder
Chrysler
Height
55 m
Diameter
6.6 m
Stages
2
Propellants
Kerosene / LOX, LH2 / LOX
Payload to LEO
9,100 kg

Launches per year

Saturn I
Other Saturn rockets
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YearLaunchesSaturn I
196433
196533
196610
196710
196840
196940
197010
197120
197220
197340
197510

Saturn rockets

RocketFlownLaunchesSuccess rateHeightPayload to LEO
Saturn I1964 to 19656100%55 m9,100 kg
Saturn IB1966 to 19757100%68.1 m21,000 kg
Saturn V1967 to 19731392%110.6 m140,000 kg