Inertial Upper Stage
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The Inertial Upper Stage was a two-stage, solid-fueled rocket used primarily with the Space Shuttle and Titan launch vehicles to boost satellites from low Earth orbit to higher orbits such as geostationary transfer orbit.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inertial Upper Stage canonical | 8 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle stage
ⓘ
upper stage rocket ⓘ |
| alternativeName | IUS ⓘ |
| controlSystem | hydrazine reaction control system ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deployedFrom |
Space Shuttle orbiter
ⓘ
surface form:
Space Shuttle payload bay
Titan III upper stack ⓘ Titan IV upper stack ⓘ |
| developedBy | Boeing ⓘ |
| developedFor | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| diameter | approximately 2.8 meters ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1982-10-30 ⓘ |
| firstFlightMission |
STS-5 with Columbia
ⓘ
surface form:
STS-5
|
| firstFlightVehicle | Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ |
| firstStageMotor | SRM-1 ⓘ |
| firstStagePropellant | solid propellant ⓘ |
| guidanceMethod | strapdown inertial navigation ⓘ |
| hasGuidanceSystem | inertial guidance system ⓘ |
| launchEnvironment | deployed from low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 14,000 kilograms ⓘ |
| length | approximately 5.2 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Boeing
ⓘ
Boeing Defense, Space & Security ⓘ |
| missionProfile | two-burn transfer to higher energy orbit ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 2 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | orbit-raising upper stage ⓘ |
| propulsionType | solid rocket motor ⓘ |
| retirementPeriod | early 2000s ⓘ |
| secondStageMotor | SRM-2 ⓘ |
| secondStagePropellant | solid propellant ⓘ |
| stageConfiguration | two-stage solid-fueled upper stage ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successor |
Centaur
ⓘ
surface form:
Centaur G
Payload Assist Module ⓘ |
| usedByAgency |
NASA
ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form:
United States Department of Defense
|
| usedForOrbitTransfer |
geostationary transfer orbit
ⓘ
high Earth orbit ⓘ interplanetary trajectories ⓘ |
| usedOnMission |
DSP early warning satellites
ⓘ
Galileo spacecraft ⓘ
surface form:
Galileo Jupiter orbiter
Magellan spacecraft ⓘ
surface form:
Magellan Venus orbiter
Milstar communications satellites ⓘ Global Positioning System satellites ⓘ
surface form:
Navstar GPS satellites
TDRS communications satellites ⓘ |
| usedWithLaunchVehicle |
Space Shuttle
ⓘ
Titan III ⓘ Titan IV ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.