Saturn IB-CE
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The Saturn IB-CE rocket was a variant of the Saturn IB rocket studied in 1965 by Douglas.[1] 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.[1][2][3] It was to be capable of delivering 22,000 kg to low Earth orbit and 5,590 kg into a translunar trajectory.[1]
Although this version never flew, a similar[citation needed] 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.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Saturn IB-CE". 2002-08-29. Archived from the original on 2002-08-29. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ Saturn Rockets, Including: Atoll (Programming Language), Saturn (Rocket Family), Saturn Ib, Saturn I, Saturn V Instrument Unit, Saturn ... Saturn II, Saturn Ib-Ce, Saturn Ib-A. Hephaestus Books. 2011. ISBN 9781242597626.
- ^ Nuclear Science Abstracts. Oak Ridge Directed Operations, Technical Information Division. 1966. p. 3828.
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