Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage
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The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage canonical | 9 |
| Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage adapter | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cryogenic rocket stage
ⓘ
rocket upper stage ⓘ spacecraft propulsion module ⓘ |
| agency | NASA ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Delta IV upper stage
ⓘ
surface form:
Delta Cryogenic Second Stage
|
| compatiblePayload | Orion spacecraft ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designLife | single use ⓘ |
| developer | Boeing ⓘ |
| diameter | 5 meters ⓘ |
| engine |
RL10
ⓘ
surface form:
RL10B-2
|
| engineCycle | expander cycle ⓘ |
| engineManufacturer | Aerojet Rocketdyne ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 2022-11-16 ⓘ |
| firstFlightVehicle | Space Launch System Artemis I core stack ⓘ |
| fuel | liquid hydrogen ⓘ |
| fuelTankMaterial | aluminum-lithium alloy ⓘ |
| guidanceSystem | inertial navigation system ⓘ |
| launchSiteForFirstFlight |
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
ⓘ
surface form:
Kennedy Space Center LC-39B
|
| launchVehicleFamily |
Space Launch System
ⓘ
surface form:
NASA Space Launch System
|
| length | 13.7 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Boeing ⓘ |
| missionProfileRole | injection of Orion spacecraft toward the Moon ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 1 ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitCapability |
injection to high Earth orbit
ⓘ
translunar trajectory insertion ⓘ |
| oxidizer | liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| oxidizerTankMaterial | aluminum-lithium alloy ⓘ |
| plannedToBeReplacedBy | Exploration Upper Stage ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
orbital insertion
ⓘ
translunar injection ⓘ |
| programRole | interim upper stage before Exploration Upper Stage ⓘ |
| propellant |
liquid hydrogen
ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ |
| propulsionType | chemical rocket ⓘ |
| replaces | no previous SLS upper stage ⓘ |
| separationInterface | Orion Stage Adapter ⓘ |
| specificImpulseVacuum | approximately 462 seconds ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| structureDiameter | 5 meters ⓘ |
| thrustVacuum | approximately 110 kN ⓘ |
| usedForProgram | Artemis program ⓘ |
| usedOnLaunchVehicle | Space Launch System ⓘ |
| usedOnLaunchVehicleVariant |
SLS
ⓘ
surface form:
SLS Block 1
|
| usedOnMission |
Artemis I
ⓘ
Artemis II ⓘ Artemis III ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Description of subject: The Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage is a liquid hydrogen–liquid oxygen upper stage used on early NASA Space Launch System missions to provide orbital insertion and translunar injection capability before the introduction of a more powerful exploration upper stage.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Space Launch System
this entity surface form:
Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage adapter