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The Saturn C-2 was a conceptual American launch vehicle, which was proposed for the Earth orbit rendezvous (EOR) approach to a lunar landing.
It consisted of an S-I first stage, later flown on the Saturn I, an S-II second stage, later flown on the Saturn V, an S-IV third stage, later flown on the Saturn I, and an S-V (Centaur) fourth stage, which, whilst never flying on any Saturn rockets, would be used on Atlas and Titan rockets, and is still in use on the Atlas V to this day. The design was first studied in 1960, and it was calculated that 15 launches would be required to assemble a lunar spacecraft in Low Earth orbit.
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