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S-III
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | S-III |
| country | United States |
| rockets | Saturn C-2 (stage 2) |
| Saturn C-3 (stage 3) | |
| diameter | 27 ft |
| name | S-III |
| engines | 2 J-2 engine |
| thrust | 400,000 lbf |
| SI | |
| fuel | LOX/LH2 |
Saturn C-3 (stage 3)
The S-III (pronounced "S 3") was a proposed third stage of the early Saturn C designs for a five-stage Saturn launch vehicle. The Saturn C configurations were based on a "building block" approach, in which the upper stages would be test-flown before the intermediate stages. The S-III was to have been fueled with liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen and powered by two J-2 engines. The original Saturn C-2 design would have been a three- or four-stage launch vehicle using the S-I plus S-III plus S-IV stages plus, for some missions, S-V.
References
- Free return trajectory simulation, Robert A. Braeunig, August 2008
- Stuhlinger, Ernst, et al., Astronautical Engineering and Science: From Peenemuende to Planetary Space, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964.
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