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Saturn family

Saturn IB

United States1966 to 1975
Drawing of the Saturn IB

An uprated Saturn I with the S-IVB upper stage. It launches Apollo 7, the first crewed Apollo flight, in 1968, the three Skylab crews in 1973 and, in 1975, the Apollo spacecraft that docks with Soyuz.

Launches
7
Success rate
100%
0 failures
First flight
5 July 1966
Apollo AS-203
Last flight
15 July 1975
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
Builder
Chrysler / Douglas
Height
68.1 m
Diameter
6.6 m
Stages
2
Propellants
Kerosene / LOX, LH2 / LOX
Payload to LEO
21,000 kg

Launches per year

Saturn IB
Other Saturn rockets
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YearLaunchesSaturn IB
196430
196530
196611
196710
196842
196940
197010
197120
197220
197343
197511

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