How much did a Saturn V rocket weigh?
2,970 tAbout 3,270 US tons · Giant
About 2,970 tonnes fully fuelled, still one of the heaviest rockets ever flown.
That's about 35,000 big red kangaroos (85 kg each).
🚀2,970 t
✈️a Boeing 787
By weight: a Saturn V is about 12× heavier than a Boeing 787.
Things about the same weight
- How much does a giant sequoia weigh?2,000 t
- How much does the Space Shuttle weigh at launch?2,030 t
- How much does the London Eye weigh?2,100 t
- How much water is in an Olympic swimming pool?2,500 t
- How much water goes over Niagara Falls each second?2,832 t
- How much gold is mined in a year?3,600 t
- How much gold is in Fort Knox?4,582 t
- How much does Starship weigh at launch?5,000 t
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