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The Saturn V reached 400 feet per second (120 m/s) at over 1 mile (1,600 m) in altitude. Much of the early portion of the flight was spent gaining altitude, with the required velocity coming later. The Saturn V broke the sound barrier at just over 1 minute at an altitude of between 3.45 and 4.6 miles (5.55 and 7.40 km). At this point, shock ...
The American Saturn MLV family of rockets was proposed in 1965 by NASA as successors to the Saturn V rocket. [71] It would have been able to carry up to 160,880 kg (354,680 lb) to low Earth orbit. The Nova designs were also studied by NASA before the agency chose the Saturn V in the early 1960s [ 72 ] Nova was cancelled in 1964 and had reusable ...
Launch mass (kg) Power system Generated power (W) Recovery method First spaceflight § Last spaceflight Flights § SpaceShipOne USA: Scaled Composites: 112 km X Prize: White Knight Hybrid Motor: 1: 8.53 8.05 3,600 Batteries Runway landing 2004: 2004: 3 [note 22] X-15 USA: North American Aviation: 108 km altitude: B-52 Ammonia-LOX: 1: 15.45 6.8 ...
The Saturn C-5 (later given the name Saturn V), the most powerful of the Silverstein Committee's configurations, was selected as the most suitable design. At the time the mission mode had not been selected, so they chose the most powerful booster design in order to ensure that there would be ample power. [ 24 ]
Jet or rocket engine Mass Thrust Thrust-to-weight ratio (kg) (lb) (kN) (lbf) RD-0410 nuclear rocket engine [1] [2]: 2,000 4,400 35.2 7,900 1.8 J58 jet engine (SR-71 Blackbird) [3] [4]
The S-IC (pronounced S-one-C [3] [4]) was the first stage of the American Saturn V rocket. The S-IC stage was manufactured by the Boeing Company. Like the first stages of most rockets, more than 90% of the mass at launch was propellant, in this case RP-1 rocket fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) oxidizer.
Vehicle Liftoff Mass Payload Mass to LEO Mass ratio Payload fraction Falcon 9 Block 5: 549,054 kg + 22,800 kg 22,800 kg 25.1 3.99% Proton-M: 705,000 kg + 23,000 kg
The following are a list of spacecraft with a mass greater than 8,000 kg (17,637 lb), or the top three to any other orbit including a planetary orbit, or the top three of a specific category of vehicle, or the heaviest vehicle from a specific nation. All numbers listed below for satellites use their mass at launch, if not otherwise stated.