Saturn B-1

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Studied in 1959, the Saturn B-1, a four-stage rocket like the Jupiter-C, consists of a Saturn I-B first stage, a cluster of four Titan I first stages used for a second stage, a S-IV third stage used on the Saturn I that actually flew and a Centaur high-energy liquid fourth stage. Like it's proposed predecessors, this booster never flew and neither did the Titan cluster stage.

[edit] References

  • Koelle, Heinz Hermann, Handbook of Astronautical Engineering, McGraw-Hill,New York, 1961. The only such comprehensive handbook ever produced, and at the dawn of the space age.
  • Bilstein, Roger E, Stages to Saturn, US Government Printing Office, 1980. ISBN: 0160489091. Excellent account of the evolution, design, and development of the Saturn launch vehicles.
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