Saturn MLV

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The Saturn MLV rockets were actually a concept family of variants to be developed from the venerable Saturn V lunar rocket. The family is comprised of the MLV-V-1, MLV-V-1A, MLV-V-1/J-2T/200K, MLV-V-1/J-2T/250K, MLV-V-2, MLV-V-3, MLV-V-4(S), MLV-V-4(S)-A.

TABLE CAPTION
1st Stage 2nd Stage 3rd Stage LEO Payload
MLV-V-1 MS-IC-1 MS-II MS-IVB 137,250 kg
MLV-V-1A MS-IC-1A MS-II-1A MS-IVB-1A 145,000 kg
MLV-V-1/J-2T/200K MS-IC-1 MS-II-1-J-2T/200K - -
MLV-V-1/J-2T/250K MS-IC-1 MS-II-1-J-2T/250K - -
MLV-V-2 MS-IC-1 MS-II-1 MS-IVB-2 137,250 kg
MLV-V-3 MS-IC-1 MS-II-2 MS-IVB-2 160,440 kg
MLV-V-4(S)* S-IC MS-II-4(S)B MS-IVB-1 118,000 kg
MLV-V-4(S)-A* MS-IC-4(S)-B MS-II-1 MS-IVB-1 160,880 kg
  • Indicates zero stage strap on boosters. In both cases 4x-Titan UA-1205

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