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*Date:* Sat, 15 Jul 2006 15:30:04 +0100

On 2006-07-15, Joseph Nebus wrote:

The Apollo 11 launch vehicle was a Saturn V, designated
SA-506. The mission also carried the designation Eastern Test
Range #5307.

Or AS-506 depending on which center you asked


Iain

By that stage they had sorted it out with a good compromise. The SA-
designations were of the launch vehicle. The AS- designations were of
the whole space vehicle

So SA-506 was the designation of the launch vehicle for Apollo 11
(comprising S-IC-6, S-II-6, S-IVB-506, S-IU-506 and SLA-14). Add to
that the spacecraft (CM-107, SM-107 and LM5) and you got the full stack
which was designated AS-506.

Malcolm B