F-1 engine

E548706

The F-1 engine is a powerful liquid-fueled rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne and famously used on NASA’s Saturn V launch vehicle to provide the immense thrust needed for Apollo Moon missions.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Statements Referenced by

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf liquid-fueled rocket engine
associatedUpgradeStudy F-1A engine NERFINISHED
chamberPressure about 70 bar
combustionChambers 1
contractor North American Aviation NERFINISHED
coolingMethod regenerative cooling
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
cycleType gas-generator cycle
developedFor Saturn V launch vehicle NERFINISHED
diameter about 3.7 meters
dryMass about 8,400 kilograms
exhaust kerosene-oxygen combustion products
firstFlight Saturn V Apollo 4 mission NERFINISHED
firstFlightDate 1967-11-09
fuel RP-1 kerosene
gimbalCapability engine gimbaling for thrust vector control
height about 5.8 meters
heritage influenced later large kerosene-oxygen engine designs
ignitionSystem pyrotechnic ignition
laterContractor Rockwell International NERFINISHED
legacy iconic symbol of the Apollo-era heavy-lift capability
manufacturer Rocketdyne NERFINISHED
notableFeature largest single-chamber liquid-fueled rocket engine ever flown
nozzles 1
numberPerSaturnVFirstStage 5
operator NASA Marshall Space Flight Center NERFINISHED
oxidizer liquid oxygen
primaryRole first-stage booster engine
programStartPeriod late 1950s
propellantType liquid fuel
specificImpulseSeaLevel about 263 seconds
specificImpulseVacuum about 304 seconds
stageUsedOn Saturn V S-IC first stage NERFINISHED
status retired
testLocation Edwards Air Force Base NERFINISHED
Marshall Space Flight Center test stands NERFINISHED
thrustAtSeaLevel about 1.5 million pounds-force
about 6.77 MN
thrustInVacuum about 7.7 MN
usedBy NASA NERFINISHED
usedForMissionType Moon missions
usedInLaunchVehicleFamily Saturn family NERFINISHED
usedInMission Apollo 11 NERFINISHED
Apollo 17 NERFINISHED
Apollo 8 NERFINISHED
usedInProgram Apollo program NERFINISHED
usedOn Saturn V first stage NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

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

S-IC poweredBy F-1 engine