Ares V (cancelled)

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Ares V was a planned but ultimately cancelled heavy-lift launch vehicle under NASA’s Constellation program, intended to support human missions beyond low Earth orbit.

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Label Occurrences
Ares V 2
Ares V (cancelled) canonical 1
Ares V mission (planned) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cancelled launch vehicle
expendable launch system
heavy-lift launch vehicle
announcedBy NASA Administrator Michael D. Griffin
surface form: NASA Administrator Michael Griffin
boosterCount 2
boosterType solid rocket booster
cancellationAdministration Barack Obama presidency
surface form: Obama administration
cancellationDate 2010
cancellationReason termination of Constellation program
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
designedToSupport Orion spacecraft missions
designFamily Ares launch vehicles
designGoal enable sustained lunar presence
exceed Saturn V payload capability
designPayloadToLEO approximately 180000 kg
designPayloadToTransLunarInjection approximately 65000 kg
developmentPhaseAtCancellation preliminary design
fairingDiameterPlanned 10 m
firstStageEngineCount 5
firstStageEngineType RS-68 engine
surface form: RS-68
firstStageType liquid-fueled core stage
heightPlanned about 116 m
intendedUse beyond low Earth orbit missions
cargo transport
human spaceflight support
lunar missions
launchSitesPlanned Kennedy Space Center LC-39
surface form: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
massAtLiftoffPlanned about 3900000 kg
missionArchitecture lunar orbit rendezvous
namedAfter Ares
surface form: Ares, the Greek god of war
neverLaunched true
operator NASA
partOf Constellation program
primaryMissionProfile launch Altair lunar lander
launch Earth Departure Stage
programCancelledBy United States government
surface form: U.S. government
programStart mid-2000s
propellantTypeFirstStage liquid hydrogen
liquid oxygen
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen
liquid oxygen
relatedVehicle Ares I
stageConfiguration two-stage-to-orbit
status cancelled
successor Space Launch System
upperStageEngineType J-2
surface form: J-2X
upperStageType Earth Departure Stage

Referenced by (4)

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SLS replaces Ares V (cancelled)
subject surface form: Space Launch System
Constellation program component Ares V (cancelled)
this entity surface form: Ares V
Constellation program primaryLaunchVehicleForCargo Ares V (cancelled)
this entity surface form: Ares V
Hermes spacecraft usedByMission Ares V (cancelled)
this entity surface form: Ares V mission (planned)