The Saturn II was a proposed American Expendable launch vehicle, derived from the Saturn V rocket that was used for the Apollo lunar program. The basic concept of the Saturn II was to save money by ceasing production of the Saturn IB rocket, and replacing it with a more capable rocket, that was built using Saturn V components. This would allow them to close down production lines for the S-IB stage, and would allow for more efficient integration o...
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The Saturn II was a proposed American Expendable launch vehicle, derived from the Saturn V rocket that was used for the Apollo lunar program. The basic concept of the Saturn II was to save money by ceasing production of the Saturn IB rocket, and replacing it with a more capable rocket, that was built using Saturn V components. This would allow them to close down production lines for the S-IB stage, and would allow for more efficient integration of rocket systems.
It is possible that manned Apollo spacecraft may have been launched atop it, seeing as the Saturn IB, which was to be discontinued, was used to launch Apollo for Earth-orbit missions.
The Saturn II in its most simple form, was a Saturn V, without the S-IC first stage. It consisted of a S-II for a first stage, which was the second stage of the Saturn V, and an S-IVB as a second stage, which was used on both the Saturn V and Saturn IB.
Several derivatives were also considered, but before any version could be put into production...
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