S-IVB

E130633

rocket stage upper stage

The S-IVB was the single-engine upper stage of NASA’s Saturn launch vehicles, used to place Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit and send them toward the Moon.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
S-IVB canonical	3
Saturn IB S-IVB stage	1
Saturn V S-IVB stage	1
Saturn V S-IVB stage in translunar trajectory	1
Saturn V S-IVB third stage	1
Saturn V third stage (S-IVB)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rocket stage ⓘ upper stage ⓘ
burnCapability	restartable in orbit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
developedFor	Saturn I ⓘ surface form: Saturn I Block II
diameter	21.7 ft ⓘ 6.6 m ⓘ
era	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
expendedAs	heliocentric orbit stage in some missions ⓘ impactor on the Moon in some missions ⓘ
firstFlight	1964 ⓘ
fuelTankConfiguration	common bulkhead between fuel and oxidizer tanks ⓘ
guidanceSystem	instrument unit mounted above stage ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily	Saturn rocket family ⓘ surface form: Saturn family of launch vehicles
length	17.8 m ⓘ 58.6 ft ⓘ
manufacturer	Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
notableMission	Apollo 11 ⓘ Apollo 13 ⓘ Apollo 8 ⓘ
numberOfEngines	1 ⓘ
operator	NASA ⓘ
oxidizer	liquid oxygen ⓘ
partOf	Saturn I ⓘ Saturn IB ⓘ Saturn V ⓘ
propellantType	liquid hydrogen ⓘ
propulsionType	liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ
rocketEngine	J-2 ⓘ
stageNumberOnSaturnIB	second stage ⓘ
stageNumberOnSaturnV	third stage ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successorTo	S-IV ⓘ surface form: S-IV stage
thrustVacuum	about 1,033 kN ⓘ about 232,000 lbf ⓘ
usedFor	placing Apollo spacecraft into Earth orbit ⓘ translunar injection ⓘ
usedForMissionPhase	parking Earth orbit insertion ⓘ translunar injection burn ⓘ
usedInProgram	Apollo program ⓘ
usedOnVehicle	Saturn IB ⓘ Saturn V ⓘ
usedWithSpacecraft	Apollo command and service module ⓘ surface form: Apollo Command and Service Module Apollo Lunar Module ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saturn V → thirdStage → S-IVB ⓘ

J-2 → usedOnStage → S-IVB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saturn V S-IVB stage

J-2 → usedOnStage → S-IVB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saturn IB S-IVB stage

Skylab 1 → rocketStageUsed → S-IVB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saturn V S-IVB third stage

Saturn IB → secondStage → S-IVB ⓘ

CSM-103 → separatedFrom → S-IVB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saturn V S-IVB stage in translunar trajectory

S-IV → successor → S-IVB ⓘ

Mobile Launcher 2 → compatibleWith → S-IVB ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saturn V third stage (S-IVB)