S-IC
Sign in to saveThe S-IC (pronounced S-one-C) was the first stage of the American Saturn V rocket. The S-IC stage was manufactured by the Boeing Company. Like the first stages of most rockets, more than 90% of the mass at launch was propellant, in this case RP-1 rocket fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) oxidizer. It was tall and in diameter. The stage provided of thrust at sea level to get the rocket through the first of ascent. The stage had five F-1 engines in a quincunx arrangement. The center engine was fixed in position, while the four outer engines could be hydraulically gimballed to control the rocket.
Key facts
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- The Apollo 10 S-IC stage is hoisted in the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking
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- S-IC
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- Boeing
- Rocket stage.country
- United States
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- Saturn V
- Rocket stage.status
- Retired
- Rocket stage.launches
- 13
- Rocket stage.success
- 13
- Rocket stage.first
- November 9, 1967 (Apollo 4)
- Rocket stage.last
- May 14, 1973 (Skylab 1)
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- Engine details
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- 5 × F-1
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- at sea level
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- 150 seconds
- Rocket/stage.fuel
- RP-1/LOX
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Manufacturing
- Design
- Stages built
- Proposed variants
- Saturn S-IC-8
- Saturn IC C-3B
- Saturn IC C-4B
- Saturn IC C-5A
- Saturn IC-Flat Bulkhead
- Saturn S-IC-TLB stage
- Saturn S-ID Sustainer-1
- Saturn S-ID Booster
- Saturn S-ID Sustainer
- See also
- References
- External links
The S-IC (pronounced S-one-C) was the first stage of the American Saturn V rocket. The S-IC stage was manufactured by the Boeing Company. Like the first stages of most rockets, more than 90% of the mass at launch was propellant, in this case RP-1 rocket fuel and liquid oxygen (LOX) oxidizer. It was tall and in diameter. The stage provided of thrust at sea level to get the rocket through the first of ascent. The stage had five F-1 engines in a quincunx arrangement. The center engine was fixed in position, while the four outer engines could be hydraulically gimballed to control the rocket.
==Manufacturing== thumb|Saturn V configurations, including the S-IC-S, S-IC-C and S-IC-T test stagesThe Boeing Co. was awarded the contract to manufacture the S-IC on December 15, 1961. By this time the general design of the stage had been decided on by the engineers at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The main place of manufacture was the Michoud Assembly Facility, New Orleans. Wind tunnel testing took place in Seattle and the machining of the tools needed to build the stages at Wichita, Kansas.