SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME III
PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS 1969-1978
 

Table 1-24. Saturn V Characteristics.

 

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1st Stage (S-IC)

2d Stage (S-ll)

3d Stage (S-IVB)

Instrument Unit

Total with Spacecraft and Tower

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Height (m):

42.1

24.9

17.9

0.9

111

Diameter (m):

10.1

10.1

6.6

6.6

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Launch weight (kg):

2 076 123

437 628

105 212

2041

2 621 004

Propulsion system

Powerplant:

5 Rocketdyne F-1s

5 Rocketdyne J-2s

1 Rocketdyne J -2

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Thrust (newtons):

33 360 000

5 004 000

1 023 040

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39 387 040

Propellant:

LOX/RP-1

LOX-LH2

LOX-LH2

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Payload capacity:

129 248 kg to 195 km earth orbit

45 350 kg to escape trajectory

Origin:

Uprated Saturn IB

Contractors:

North American Rockwell Corp.: Ist-, 2d-, and 3d-stage propulsion, 2d stage

Boeing Co.: Ist stage

Douglas Aircraft Co.: 3d stage

Program manager:

Richard C. Smith, Ellery B. May, Marshall Space Flight Center

How utilized:

Apollo lunar missions.

Remarks:

Called Saturn C-5 in 1961-62; development completed during the 1960s as part of the Apollo program.

See also:

Volume 2.

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