Studied with the
Saturn A-1
Saturn A-1, studied in 1959, was projected to be the first version of Saturn I and was to be used if necessary before the S-IV liquid hydrogen second stage became available.
It was designed as a three stage vehicle. The S-I first stage (in ...
in 1959, the Saturn A-2 was deemed more powerful than the
Saturn I
The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to low Earth orbit Payload (air and space craft), payloads.Terminology has changed since the 1960s; back then, 20,000 pounds was considered "heavy l ...
rocket, consisting of a
S-IB
The S-IB stage was the first stage of the Saturn IB launch vehicle, which was used for Earth orbital missions. It was an upgraded version of the S-I stage used on the earlier Saturn I rocket and was composed of nine propellant containers, eight ...
first stage, which actually flew on the
Saturn IB
The Saturn IB (also known as the uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Apollo program. It uprated the Saturn I by replacing the S-IV second stage (, 43,3 ...
, a second stage which contains four
S-3 engines that flew on the
Jupiter IRBM
The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear armed, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF). It was a liquid-propellant rocket using RP-1 fuel and LOX oxidizer, with a single Rocketdyne LR79-NA (model S-3D) rock ...
and a
Centaur
A centaur ( ; ; ), occasionally hippocentaur, also called Ixionidae (), is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly. In one version o ...
high-energy liquid-fueled third stage.
See also
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S-I
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Saturn I
The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to low Earth orbit Payload (air and space craft), payloads.Terminology has changed since the 1960s; back then, 20,000 pounds was considered "heavy l ...
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Juno V
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Titan I
The Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in use from 1959 until 1962. Though the SM-68A was operational for only three years, it spawned numerous follow-on mode ...
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Centaur
A centaur ( ; ; ), occasionally hippocentaur, also called Ixionidae (), is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly. In one version o ...
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Project Horizon
Project Horizon was a 1959 study to determine the feasibility of constructing a scientific / military moonbase, base on the Moon, at a time when the U.S. Department of the Army, United States Department of the Navy, Department of the Navy, and ...
References
* Koelle, Heinz Hermann, ''Handbook of Astronautical Engineering'', McGraw-Hill, New York, 1961.
* Bilstein, Roger E, ''Stages to Saturn'', US Government Printing Office, 1980. .
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Cancelled space launch vehicles
Saturn A