Prepared through joint efforts of Personnel Department, Education and Development Branch, Systems Training Unit, Michoud Operations and Engineering Communications Department, Technical Information Branch, Applied Communications Engineering Section, Huntsville Operations.; This publication presents a brief descriptive summary of the Saturn IB vehicle and Chrysler's Corporation's accomplishments in the missiles and space field. The Saturn IB information presented herein is based on current plans for each of the stages. Although there may be design changes from vehicle to vehicle, the basic components, systems, and operating principles will remain similar to previous models.
The paper deals with the selection of a simple recovery system for the Saturn IB first stage. As an introduction to the discussion on recovery system objectives, a plot of the expected trajectory is presented. This is followed by a statement which lists the necessary steps which must be followed to develop a recovery program.
