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  2. Saturn V - Wikipedia

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    The size and payload capacity of the Saturn V dwarfed those of all other previous rockets successfully flown at that time. With the Apollo spacecraft on top, it stood 363 feet (111 m) tall, and, ignoring the fins, was 33 feet (10 m) in diameter.

  3. Launch Vehicle Digital Computer - Wikipedia

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    With four memory modules, giving a total capacity of 16,384 words, the computer weighed 72.5 lb (32.9 kg), was 29.5 by 12.5 by 10.5 inches (750 mm × 320 mm × 270 mm) in size and consumed 137W. Apollo Saturn V analog Flight Control Computer Unit FCC. The LVDC communicated digitally with a Launch Vehicle Data adapter (LVDA).

  4. Rocketdyne F-1 - Wikipedia

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    During their two and a half minutes of operation, the five F-1s propelled the Saturn V vehicle to a height of 42 miles (222,000 ft; 68 km) and a speed of 6,164 mph (9,920 km/h). The combined flow rate of the five F-1s in the Saturn V was 3,357 US gal (12,710 L) [5] or 28,415 lb (12,890 kg) per second.

  5. Saturn V ELV - Wikipedia

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    Size; Height: 124 m (407 ft) Diameter: 10 m (33 ft) ... The Saturn V-ELV (Earth Launch Vehicle) was to be an enlarged Saturn V with the addition of four UA1207 [1] ...

  6. Saturn (rocket family) - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  7. Super heavy-lift launch vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The American Saturn MLV family of rockets was proposed in 1965 by NASA as successors to the Saturn V rocket. [69] 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 [70] Nova was cancelled in 1964 and had reusable ...

  8. Comparison of crewed space vehicles - Wikipedia

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    Crew size Length (m) Diameter (m) ... 5.56: 3.05: 3,790 ... 1966: 10 (2) [note 3] Apollo USA: North American Aviation Grumman and Douglas: Lunar: Saturn IB Saturn V ...

  9. Comparison of orbital launch systems - Wikipedia

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    Falcon 9 Block 5, the most prolific active orbital launch system in the world. This comparison of orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all current and future individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. A first list contains rockets that are operational or have attempted an orbital flight attempt as of 2024; a second list ...