S-IB
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The S-IB stage was the first stage of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, which was used for Earth orbital missions. It was an upgraded version of the S-I stage used on the earlier Saturn I rocket and was composed of nine propellant containers, eight fins, a thrust structure assembly, eight H-1 rocket engines, and many other components. It also contained the ODOP transponder. The propellant containers consisted of eight Redstone-derived tanks (four holding liquid oxygen (LOX) and four holding RP-1) clustered around a Jupiter rocket-derived tank containing LOX. The four outboard engines gimballed to
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- Diameter
- 6.55
- Mass
- 125600
- Image
- Saturn S-IB of Apollo 5.jpg
- Height
- 24.44
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- Specifications
- Stages built
- Proposed variants
- Saturn S-IB-2
- Saturn S-IB-4
- Saturn S-IB-A
- Saturn IB-11
- Saturn IB-15
- Saturn S-1B-4
- References
The S-IB stage was the first stage of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, which was used for Earth orbital missions. It was an upgraded version of the S-I stage used on the earlier Saturn I rocket and was composed of nine propellant containers, eight fins, a thrust structure assembly, eight H-1 rocket engines, and many other components. It also contained the ODOP transponder. The propellant containers consisted of eight Redstone-derived tanks (four holding liquid oxygen (LOX) and four holding RP-1) clustered around a Jupiter rocket-derived tank containing LOX. The four outboard engines gimballed to steer the rocket in flight, which required a few more engine components. The S-IB burned for nearly 2.5 minutes before separating at an altitude of .
==Specifications== Height: Diameter: Number of fins: 8 Finspan: Engines: 8 Rocketdyne H-1 Thrust: Fuel: RP-1 (Refined kerosene) 41,000 US gal (155 m3) Oxidizer: Liquid oxygen (LOX) 66,277 US gal (251 m3) nominal capacity including 1.5% ullage volume (43,284 US gal / 163 m3 in four outer tanks plus 22,993 US gal / 87 m3 in center tank) Burn time: 2.5 min Burnout altitude: