Saturn IB-C
Studied in 1965, the same year that Project Gemini started, the Saturn IB-C was simply designed as an orbital launch vehicle like the original Saturn IB. The booster would consist of an ordinary Saturn IB with four Minuteman first stages used as strap-on boosters. The Saturn IB core booster did fly from 1966 until 1975, but never with any strap-on boosters.[1]
Bibliography
- Bilstein, Roger E. (1996). Stages to Saturn: a technological history of the Apollo/Saturn launch vehicles. NASA SP. USA. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Office. ISBN 978-0-16-048909-9.
References
- ^ L. Jones, Leo; Jarrell, A. Ruth. "History of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 1 Jan. - 31 Dec. 1965, Volume 1". www.scribd.com. Retrieved 2026-03-20.
- Lowther, Scott, Saturn: Development, Details, Derivatives and Descendants, Work in progress. Available chapters may be ordered directly from Scott Lowther at web site indicated. Accessed at: https://web.archive.org/web/20070521083808/http://www.webcreations.com/ptm.