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The Saturn V [f] is a retired ... The size and payload capacity of the Saturn V dwarfed those of all other previous rockets successfully flown at that time. With the ...
The payload fraction is the quotient of the payload mass and the total vehicle mass at the start of its journey. ... Apollo 17 Saturn V [3] 2,961,860 kg 48,609 kg to ...
The final launch of Saturn V in 1973 placed Skylab, a 77-tonne (170,000 lb) payload, into LEO. The Energia launcher was designed by the Soviet Union to launch up to 105 t (231,000 lb) to low Earth orbit. [ 8 ]
Maximum payload mass (kg) Reusable / Expendable Orbital launches including failures [a] Suborbital test flights Launch site(s) Dates of flight LEO GTO Other First Latest Starship Block 1 [140] United States: SpaceX: 121 m 40,000 – 50,000 [141] N/A N/A Reusable: 0 6 Starbase: 2023 2024 Angara A5 / Orion Russia: Khrunichev: 54.9 m N/A 6,500 ...
A 1968 proposal for a Saturn V ELV (MLV-SAT-V-25(S)U) According to the 1968 NASA document "Integrated Manned Interplanetary Spacecraft Concept Definition", there was a planned schedule for exploration under the ELV program. [2] After the first crewed Apollo lunar landing, NASA was hoping to progress through the following list:
The N1-L3 would have been able to convert only 9.3% of its three-stage total impulse into Earth orbit payload momentum (compared to 12.14% for the Saturn V), and only 3.1% of its four-stage total impulse into translunar payload momentum, compared to 6.2% for the Saturn V. The Saturn V also never lost a payload in two development and eleven ...
Designed under the direction of Arthur Rudolph, the Saturn V holds the record as the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever brought to operational status from a combined height, weight, and payload standpoint. The Saturn V consisted of three propulsion stages and an instrument unit.
The Crawlerway was originally designed to support the weight of the Saturn V rocket and its payload, plus the Launch Umbilical Tower and mobile launcher platform, atop a crawler-transporter during the Apollo program. It was also used from 1981 to 2011 to transport the lighter Space Shuttles to their launch pads.