Saturn INT-21
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 A Saturn INT-21 launches the Skylab space station, on May 14, 1973 |
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| Fact sheet | ||
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| Function | Space Station launch vehicle | |
| Manufacturer | Boeing (S-IC) North American (S-II) |
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| Country of origin | USA | |
| Size | ||
| Height | 80 m (262 ft) | |
| Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) | |
| Mass | 2,916,000 kg (6,429,000 lb) | |
| Stages | 2 | |
| Capacity | ||
| Payload to LEO | 75,000 kg | |
| Launch History | ||
| Status | Retired | |
| Launch Sites | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center | |
| Total launches | 1 | |
| Successes | 1 | |
| Maiden flight | May 14, 1973 | |
| Last flight | May 14, 1973 | |
| Notable payloads | Skylab | |
| First Stage - S-IC | ||
| Engines | 5 Rocketdyne F-1 | |
| Thrust | 34.02 MN (7,648,000 lbf) | |
| Burn time | 150 seconds | |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX | |
| Second Stage - S-II | ||
| Engines | 5 Rocketdyne J-2 | |
| Thrust | 5 MN (1,000,000 lbf) | |
| Burn time | 360 seconds | |
| Fuel | LH2/LOX | |
The Saturn INT-21 was an American orbital launch vehicle of the 1970s. It was derived from the Saturn V rocket, used for the Apollo program, and is commonly mistaken for the Saturn V. It was only launched once, from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, carrying the Skylab space station into orbit, at 17:50 GMT, on May 14, 1973. It was intended to be used for other flights in the Apollo Applications Program, and would have also been used to launch other American space stations, including Skylab-B, the S-IVB Dry Workshop, and the S-II Wet Workshop.
The INT-21 and Saturn V have common first and second stages, but they differ in that the INT-21 lacked a third stage. It was also intended to have the instrumentation fitted atop the second stage, but by the time the rocket was actually built, it had been moved to a position atop the payload.
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| Saturn Family of Launch Vehicles | ||
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| Early Proposals: Juno V | Saturn A-1 | Saturn A-2 | Saturn B-1 |  |
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| "C" series: Saturn C-1 | Saturn C-2 | Saturn C-3 | Saturn C-4 | Saturn C-5 | Saturn C-5N | Saturn C-8 | ||
| Saturn 1 series: Saturn I | Saturn IB | Saturn IB-CE | Saturn IB-A | Saturn IB-B | Saturn IB-C | Saturn IB-D | Saturn INT-05 | Saturn INT-11 | Saturn INT-12 | Saturn INT-13 | Saturn INT-14 | Saturn INT-15 | Saturn INT-16 | Saturn INT-27 | Saturn LCB | ||
| Saturn II series: Saturn II | Saturn INT-17 | Saturn INT-18 | Saturn INT-19 | ||
| Saturn V series: Saturn V | Saturn MLV | Saturn V ELV | Saturn INT-20 | Saturn INT-21 | Saturn INT-23 | Saturn INT-24 | Saturn INT-25 | Saturn-Shuttle | Saturn V-3 | Saturn V-A | Saturn V-B | Saturn V-C | Saturn V-D | Saturn V-Centaur | Jarvis | ||
