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Saturn I

Rocket
The Saturn I was a rocket designed as the United States' first medium lift launch vehicle for up to 20,000-pound low Earth orbit payloads. The rocket's first stage was built as a cluster of propellant tanks engineered from older rocket tank... Wikipedia
Diameter: 21 ft 8 in (6.60 m)
Failure(s): 0
First flight: October 27, 1961
Function: Large booster technology; Large scientific satellite payloads in LEO; Apollo spacecraft development
Height: 180 ft (55 m)
Last flight: July 30, 1965
Launch sites: Cape Canaveral, LC-37 and LC-34