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Old 12-21-2012, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by UCBadger
Interesting that the EBay listed uprated Saturn I has recommended motors of A8-3 or B8-4. Does anybody know how high off the pad this model could get on 4 A8-3s or why C motors are not listed?


C motors, other than C booster motors, were not available when this particular model first came out, which was around '67 I think. This is a VERY early Saturn 1b model, back when the Saturn 1b was still called the Uprated Saturn.

Apogee on the four A motors no doubt would have been low.

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