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The Saturn 1b and the Saturn 5 both had fins. And I assume these were because the rockets were under development in the late 50's, when everything still had fins... although oddly enough the Gemini Missions launched on Titan rockets, which did not have fins. Now almost nothing has fins, except New Shepard, and those are pretty small. Are there any "big" rockets that still use fins?
Almost all air launched or ground launched missiles seem to have fins, but that's because they are all for "within the atmosphere" flight. Is there anything going to space still using fins, or has gimballing supplanted the need for fins?
Almost all air launched or ground launched missiles seem to have fins, but that's because they are all for "within the atmosphere" flight. Is there anything going to space still using fins, or has gimballing supplanted the need for fins?