Juno V

TheJuno Vseries of rockets were a design that was proposed in the late 1950s but cancelled. The rockets were multi-stage and, although they failed to reach production, their sections were used in other designs.

Juno V-A

Juno V-Awas studied in 1958, as a new name for theSuper-Jupiterrocket. Super-Jupiter planned on using fourRocketdyne E-1engines in its second stage, but this project was cancelled so V-A would use the first stage of aSaturn Ilauncher to propel it into space and a wholeTitan IICBM to continue the journey. Juno V-A was never developed, but all its stages were used on different launch vehicles, now retired as of today.

Juno V-B

Juno V-B,studied in the same year as Juno V-A, was proposed for lunar and interplanetary missions into space. It was just like the Juno V-A, except the third stage, originally the second stage of a Titan I booster, would be replaced with aCentaur Chigh-energy third stage. A year after Juno V-B's study, the booster received a new name: theSaturn A-1,which, like the Juno series of rockets was never built in its original planned form, but all its stages were used on different launch vehicles.

References

• Bilstein, Roger E, Stages to Saturn, US Government Printing Office, 1980.
• Lowther, Scott, Saturn: Development, Details, Derivatives and Descendants, Work in progress. Available chapters may be ordered directly from Scott Lowther at web site indicated. Web Address when accessed:https://web.archive.org/web/20070521083808/http:// webcreations /ptm.