Saturn family
Saturn V
The Saturn V was a human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1967 and 1973. Most notably, the Saturn V took the Apollo program to the Moon. It still remains the world's tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and is the only launch vehicle to take humans beyond LEO.
Flights flown13
Success rate92.3%12/13
Payload to LEO140,000kg
Maiden flight1967-11-09
Peak year19694 flights
Saturn V is built by National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. It first flew on 9 November 1967 and last flew on 14 May 1973.
Flight record
92.3% success rate12 of 13 flown · 1 failed
1967peak 1969 · 4 flights1973
First flight1967-11-09
Latest flight1973-05-14
Failures1
Consecutive successes11
Fastest turnaround58d 20h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 140,000kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 3 |
|---|---|
| Length | 110.6m |
| Diameter | 10.1m |
| Launch mass | 2970t |
| Liftoff thrust | 35,100kN |
| Maiden flight | 1967-11-09 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Lunar Orbit8Elliptical Orbit2Low Earth Orbit2
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-05-14 | Saturn V | Skylab 1 | Launch Complex 39A | Success | |
| 1972-12-07 | Saturn V | Apollo 17 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1972-04-16 | Saturn V | Apollo 16 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1971-07-26 | Saturn V | Apollo 15 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1971-01-31 | Saturn V | Apollo 14 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1970-04-11 | Saturn V | Apollo 13 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1969-11-14 | Saturn V | Apollo 12 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1969-07-16 | Saturn V | Apollo 11 | Launch Complex 39A | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1969-05-18 | Saturn V | Apollo 10 | Launch Complex 39B | Lunar Orbit | Success |
| 1969-03-03 | Saturn V | Apollo 9 | Launch Complex 39A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-12-21 | Saturn V | Apollo 8 | Launch Complex 39A | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1968-04-04 | Saturn V | Apollo 6 | Launch Complex 39A | Elliptical Orbit | Failure |
| 1967-11-09 | Saturn V | Apollo 4 | Launch Complex 39A | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
Further reading: Wikipedia