S-IVB
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The S-IVB (pronounced "S-four-B") was the third stage on the Saturn V and second stage on the Saturn IB launch vehicles. Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, it had one J-2 rocket engine. For lunar missions it was fired twice: first for Earth orbit insertion after second stage cutoff, and then for translunar injection (TLI).
Key facts
- Rocket stage.name
- S-IVB
- Rocket stage.image
- Saturn_IB_S-IVB-206.jpg
- Rocket stage.caption
- S-IVB-206 which was used for the Skylab 2 flight
- Rocket stage.manufacturer
- Douglas
- Rocket stage.country
- USA
- Rocket stage.status
- Retired
- Rocket stage.launches
- 21
- Rocket stage.success
- 20
- Rocket stage.other_outcome
- Restart failure (Apollo 6)
- Rocket stage.first
- February 26, 1966
- Rocket stage.last
- July 15, 1975
- Rocket/stage.name
- S-IVB 500 series
- Rocket/stage.engines
- 1×J-2
- Rocket/stage.burntime
- 500 seconds
- Rocket/stage.fuel
- LH2 / LOX
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Wikidata facts
- Diameter
- 10.06
- Mass
- 29136
- Image
- Saturn IB S-IVB-206 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 17.87
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- Saturn S-IVB
- maximum thrust
- 230000
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Configuration
- Auxiliary Propulsion System
- Uses
- Stages built
- Derivatives
- See also
- References
- External links
The S-IVB (pronounced "S-four-B") was the third stage on the Saturn V and second stage on the Saturn IB launch vehicles. Built by the Douglas Aircraft Company, it had one J-2 rocket engine. For lunar missions it was fired twice: first for Earth orbit insertion after second stage cutoff, and then for translunar injection (TLI).
==History== The S-IVB evolved from the upper stage of the Saturn I rocket (the S-IV) and was the first stage of the Saturn V to be designed. The S-IV used a cluster of six RL-10 engines but used the same fuels as the S-IVB – liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen. It was also originally meant to be the third stage of a planned rocket called the C-4, hence the name S-IV.