| Saturn INT-21 | |
 A Saturn INT-21 launches the Skylab space station, on May 14, 1973 | |
| Fact sheet | |
|---|---|
| Function | Space Station launch vehicle |
| Manufacturer | Boeing (S-IC) North American (S-II) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Size | |
| Height | 80 m (262 ft) |
| Diameter | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Mass | 2,916,000 kg (6,429,000 lb) |
| Stages | 2 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to LEO | 75,000 kg |
| Launch History | |
| Status | Retired |
| Launch sites | LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center |
| Total launches | 1 |
| Successes | 1 |
| Maiden flight | May 14, 1973 |
| Last flight | May 14, 1973 |
| Notable payloads | Skylab |
| First Stage - S-IC | |
| Engines | 5 Rocketdyne F-1 |
| Thrust | 34. Skylab was the first Space station the United States launched into orbit and the second space station ever visited by a human crew Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. In Spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a Rocket used to carry a payload from the Earth's surface into Outer space. The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E Manufacturing The Boeing Company was awarded the contract to manufacture the S-IC on December 15, 1961. North American Aviation was a major US Aircraft manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft including the T-6 Texan trainer the The S-II (pronounced "ess two" was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States #) is a unit of Mass In military aircraft or space exploration the payload is the carrying capacity of an aircraft or space ship including as Cargo, Munitions scientific instruments A Low Earth Orbit (LEO is generally defined as an Orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2000 km Launch Complex 39 (LC-39 is a Rocket launch site at the John F The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Events 1264 - Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured in France making Simon de Montfort the Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Skylab was the first Space station the United States launched into orbit and the second space station ever visited by a human crew Manufacturing The Boeing Company was awarded the contract to manufacture the S-IC on December 15, 1961. Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne is a United States company that designs and produces Rocket engines that use liquid propellants. The F-1 is a Rocket engine developed by Rocketdyne and used in the Saturn V. 02 MN (7,648,000 lbf) |
| Burn time | 150 seconds |
| Fuel | RP-1/LOX |
| Second Stage - S-II | |
| Engines | 5 Rocketdyne J-2 |
| Thrust | 5 MN (1,000,000 lbf) |
| Burn time | 360 seconds |
| Fuel | LH2/LOX |
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The INT-21 and Saturn V have common first and second stages, but they differ in that the INT-21 lacked a third stage. Manufacturing The Boeing Company was awarded the contract to manufacture the S-IC on December 15, 1961. The S-II (pronounced "ess two" was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket The S-IVB (sometimes S4b always pronounced "ess four bee" was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company and served as the third stage on the Saturn V and second It was also intended to have the instrumentation fitted atop the second stage, but by the time the rocket was actually built, it had been moved to a position atop the payload.
See also
- Comparison of heavy lift launch systems
- Project Apollo
- Saturn I
- Saturn IB
- Saturn V
- Skylab
- Apollo Applications Program
- S-IC
- S-II
- SA-1
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