RetiredNASAFirst Launch: 1967-11-09
Saturn V
Three-stage super heavy-lift rocket that carried Apollo astronauts to the Moon and launched Skylab; remains the most powerful rocket ever successfully flown to orbit.
SpaceStats Reliability & Flight Record
TOTAL LAUNCHES
13
Orbital missions
SUCCESSFUL
12
1 failures
SUCCESS RATE
92.3%
LANDINGS
0
Expendable Vehicle
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Apollo 11 Saturn V Historic Lunar Liftoff
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Technical & Propulsion Specifications
Operator: NASAVehicle Dimensions & Mass
- Overall Height
- 111 m
- Body Diameter
- 10 m
- Gross Lift-off Mass
- 2,965.2 t
- Stages Count
- 3
- Fairing Diameter
- 6.6 m
Stage 1 (Booster)
- Recovery Mode
- Expendable
Stage 2 & Capacities
- LEO Capacity
- 140 t
- TLI (Lunar)
- 43.5 t
- Cost per Launch
- $185,000,000
- LEO Price / kg
- ~$1,321 / kg
Fleet Deployment & Economics Suite
Model Satellite Constellations or Payload Charters with Saturn V
Calculate multi-plane Walker Delta fleet costs, fairing dispenser limits, launch cadence timelines, and single-mission rideshare economics.
High-Resolution Photo Gallery & Media
5 photos & renders of Saturn V
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Liftoff1969-07-16Apollo 11 Saturn V Historic Lunar Liftoff
Saturn V rocket SA-506 launches Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the Moon from Pad 39A.
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Pad1969-07-01Saturn V on Launch Complex 39A
The 111-meter tall Apollo 11 Saturn V on Launch Pad 39A with mobile launcher service tower under illumination.
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Rollout1969-05-20Crawler-Transporter Rollout to Pad 39A
Saturn V moving along the crawlerway from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39A.
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Engine1968-11-12Rocketdyne F-1 Engines on S-IC First Stage
The five massive F-1 kerosene/LOX rocket engines generating 34.5 million newtons (7.5 million lbf) of sea-level thrust.
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Space1969-07-16S-IC Interstage Separation in Flight
In-flight staging camera capturing S-IC burnout and interstage separation at an altitude of 67 kilometers.
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Source SpaceStats Launch Manifest & Database
0 mission records cataloged in database
No individual manifest entries logged in database for Saturn V.
Summary stats and flight achievements are detailed in the overview above.