Saturn IB-CE

The Saturn IB-CE
(Mark Wade)

The Saturn IB-CE rocket was a proposed variant of the Saturn IB rocket. However unlike the Saturn IB the Saturn IB-CE was to be a three-stage rocket. The IB-CE used the same configuration as the Saturn IB for the first two stages however with the addition of a Centaur D/E rocket as the third stage. It was to be capable of delivering 22,000 kg to low earth orbit and 5,590 kg into a translunar trajectory. Although this version never flew, a similar rocket, the Titan IIIE, built primarily for the U.S. Air Force, but launching a few NASA payloads, including the Viking and Voyager spacecraft, had the same equivalent thrust as the Saturn IB-CE.

External links

• astronautix.com

Saturn launch vehicle family Early proposals Juno V Saturn A-1 A-2 B-1 "C" series Saturn C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-5N C-8 Saturn I series Saturn I IB IB-CE IB-A IB-B IB-C IB-D INT-05 INT-11 INT-12 INT-13 INT-14 INT-15 INT-16 INT-27 LCB Saturn II series Saturn II INT-17 INT-18 INT-19 Saturn V series Saturn V MLV V ELV INT-20 INT-21 INT-23 INT-24 INT-25 Saturn-Shuttle Saturn V-3 V-A V-B V-C V-D V-Centaur Jarvis