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Saturn IB
The
Saturn IB
(pronounced "one B", also known as the
Uprated Saturn I
) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) for the
Apollo program
. It replaced the
S-IV
second stage of the
Saturn I
with the much more powerful
S-IVB
, able to launch a partially fueled
Apollo Command/Service Module
(CSM) or a fully fueled
Lunar Module
(LM) into
low Earth orbit
for early flight tests before the larger
Saturn V
needed for lunar flight was ready.
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