Block 1

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Space Launch System configuration expendable launch vehicle configuration

Block 1 is the initial operational configuration of NASA’s Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, designed to carry the Orion spacecraft and payloads beyond low Earth orbit for early Artemis missions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Space Launch System configuration ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle configuration ⓘ
agencyProgram Artemis program ⓘ
surface form: NASA Artemis program
capability trans-lunar injection ⓘ
configurationRole initial operational configuration ⓘ
coreStageEngine RS-25D ⓘ
surface form: RS-25
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedCrewVehicle Orion spacecraft ⓘ
surface form: Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
designedFor beyond low Earth orbit missions ⓘ
designedPayloadDestination cislunar space ⓘ
lunar orbit ⓘ
designedToLaunch Orion spacecraft ⓘ
co-manifested payloads ⓘ
developmentGoal enable early Artemis missions beyond low Earth orbit ⓘ
fairingOrAdapter Orion spacecraft ⓘ
surface form: Orion Stage Adapter
firstFlightDate 2022-11-16 ⓘ
firstFlightMission Artemis I ⓘ
intendedUse crewed deep space missions ⓘ
uncrewed deep space missions ⓘ
launchMassClass heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
launchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
manufacturer NASA ⓘ
missionProfile multi-stage expendable launch ⓘ
numberOfCoreEngines 4 ⓘ
numberOfSolidRocketBoosters 2 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
partOf Space Launch System ⓘ
primaryMissionProgram Artemis program ⓘ
program NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate ⓘ
surface form: Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
propellantTypeCoreStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
rocketFamily Space Launch System ⓘ
solidRocketBoosterType five-segment solid rocket booster ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
successorConfiguration Block 1B ⓘ
Block 2 ⓘ
upperStage Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ⓘ
upperStageAcronym ICPS ⓘ
usesGroundSystem Exploration Ground Systems Program ⓘ
surface form: Exploration Ground Systems
usesMobileLauncher Mobile Launcher-1 ⓘ

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SLS → configuration → Block 1 ⓘ
subject surface form: Space Launch System