Saturn C-3

Tags: Rocket.

The Saturn C-3 was the third rocket in the Saturn C series studied from 1959 to 1962. The design was for a three-stage launch vehicle that could launch 45000 kg (100000 lb) to low Earth orbit and send 18000 kg (39000 lb) to the Moon via Trans-Lunar Injection.President Kennedy’s proposal on May 25 1961 of an explicit manned lunar landing goal spurred NASA to concretize its launch vehicle requirements for a lunar landing.

diameter (km)

8.128

height (cm)

81.9912

mass (kg)

4.64337e+08

comparable

Falcon Heavy, Delta IV Heavy

country origin

United States

launch site

Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 37

manufacturer

Boeing, Douglas Aircraft Company, North American Aviation

rocket function

Moon, Low Earth orbit

number of rocket stages

3

successor

Saturn INT-21, Saturn INT-20