Block 1B

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Space Launch System configuration expendable launch vehicle

Block 1B is an upgraded configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System designed to carry heavier payloads and support crewed deep-space missions beyond low Earth orbit.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Launch System configuration ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
boosterType five-segment solid rocket booster ⓘ
capabilityImprovement increased payload to deep-space destinations ⓘ
supports co-manifested payloads with Orion ⓘ
coreStageEngine RS-25D ⓘ
surface form: RS-25
countryOfOperator United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedForDestination cislunar space ⓘ
deep space ⓘ
lunar orbit ⓘ
designedForMissionType crewed deep-space missions ⓘ
uncrewed cargo missions ⓘ
designedPayloadToLEO greater than 100 metric tons ⓘ
designedPayloadToLunarOrbit approximately 40 metric tons ⓘ
designedPayloadToTransLunarInjection greater than SLS Block 1 ⓘ
developmentStartApprox mid-2010s ⓘ
hasVariant Block 1B Cargo ⓘ
Block 1B Crew ⓘ
heightComparedToBlock1 taller than SLS Block 1 ⓘ
intendedMission Artemis IV ⓘ
Artemis V ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ
Boeing ⓘ
NASA ⓘ
Northrop Grumman ⓘ
massComparedToBlock1 heavier than SLS Block 1 ⓘ
numberOfBoosters 2 ⓘ
numberOfCoreEngines 4 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Space Launch System ⓘ
primaryCrewVehicle Orion spacecraft ⓘ
program Artemis program ⓘ
propellantTypeCoreStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
relatedVehicle SLS ⓘ
surface form: SLS Block 2
roleInProgram support assembly of the Lunar Gateway ⓘ
support sustained lunar exploration ⓘ
status in development ⓘ
successorTo SLS ⓘ
surface form: SLS Block 1
thrustComparedToBlock1 similar liftoff thrust to SLS Block 1 ⓘ
upperStage Exploration Upper Stage ⓘ
usesInfrastructure Crawler-Transporter 2 ⓘ
Mobile Launcher 2 ⓘ
Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ

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SLS → configuration → Block 1B ⓘ
subject surface form: Space Launch System