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  Saturn IB Encyclopedia Articles @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which was the first manned launch vehicle that was not directly derived from an ICBM (though its tanks were derived from the Jupiter and Redstone tanks, and its first stage engines were Navaho derived).
The S-IVB stage is identical to the Saturn V rocket third stage except for the interstage adapter.
First launch from Launch Pad 39B using a Saturn V umbilical tower and a "milkstool" assmbly to allow the rocket to be serviced.
www.launchbase.org /encyclopedia/Saturn_IB   (683 words)

  
 Saturn IB
The Saturn IB mounted its eight H-I engines in the same cluster pattern as the Saturn I, although successive improvements raised the total thrust of each engine to 890 000 newtons (200 000 pounds) and then to 912 000 newtons (205 000 pounds).
Flight profiles for Saturn IB missions for heatshield qualification purposes proved to be a little more difficult because "nobody would or could define the requirements or constraints, or test objectives." In other words, MSFC requirements for booster development test objectives and those of MSC for the spacecraft heatshield conflicted.
Minuteman strap-one for the Saturn IB were canceled as part of the AAP.
www.astronautix.com /lvs/saturnib.htm   (11245 words)

  
 apollo launch -- apollo launch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles by Authors: Roger E. Bilstein Released...
Apollo Is Launched Apollo was launched using a Saturn 1B rocket from Launch Complex 39B at the...
Saturn V The first Saturn V, AS-501, before the launch of Apollo 4 Fact sheet Size Height 111 m (364 ft) Diameter 10 m (33 ft) Mass 2,900,000 kg (6,500,000 lb) Stages 3 (2 for Skylab launch) Capacity...
www.apollofo.com /apollolaunch   (3680 words)

  
 History of Spacecraft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A site dedicated to providing reference material for modelers of the Saturn V, Saturn Ib and the Apollo spacecraft....
Features military and civil aircraft pictures and information, aerospace design concepts, and frequently asked questions....
Includes exclusive photo galleries, current news from Cape Canaveral, launch chronology, history of Cape Canaveral, rocket...
www.apogeerockets.com /links/historyofspacecraft.html   (520 words)

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