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Space Rocket History #126 – Apollo-Saturn IB: AS-201, AS-202, and AS-203

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:31:46
Publish Date: 2019-04-05 02:30:08
Description:

Apollo Saturn 201 employed the Saturn IB launch vehicle, which  was the up-rated version of the Saturn I rocket flown in ten earlier Saturn-Apollo missions. It featured an upgrade of the first stage engines to increase thrust from 1,500,000 lb-ft of thrust to 1,600,000 lb-ft. The second stage was the S-IVB.  This stage used a new liquid hydrogen-burning J-2 engine which would also be used on the S-II second stage of the Saturn V lunar launch vehicle…

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