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saTurn The gianT 31
68.17 feet
21.86 feet
10.06 feet
3 INTERTANK SECTION
4 LOX TANK
5 FORWARD SKIRT
8 Airfoil fin (4)
9 Upper thrust ring
10 Fuel suction line
11 Center engine support
12 Bottom of fuel tank
13 Fuel tank cruciform baffle
14 Fuel fill and drain
15 Fuel tank annular ring baffles
16 Bottom of intertank assembly
17 LOX suction lines (5)
S–IC FIRST STAGE PROFILE Manufacturer:
Diameter (with fins): Diameter (without fins): Length:
Total weight (dry): Total weight at launch:
Boeing
63 feet
33 feet
138 feet
303 000 pounds 4 881 200 pounds
28
Propellant:
Nominal Thrust (each): Engine Thrust (total): Velocity:
Altitude at burnout: Burn time:
RP–1 (fuel), LOX (oxidizer) 1 522 000 pounds–force
7 610 000 pounds–force 6 000 mph at burnout 38 miles
150.7 seconds
30
29
23
21
20
26
32 31
33
19
24
25 22
27
23 Top of intertank assembly
24 LOX tank cruciform baffle
25 LOX tank annular ring baffles
26
LOX tank ring baffles
27
Helium bottles
28
Lower section of forward skirt 29
Forward bulkhead LOX tank 30
Top forward skirt
31
Gaseous oxygen (GOX) line
32
GOX distributor
33
Flight termination receiver (2)
18 Pressurization tunnel (2)
19 Fuel tank ring baffles
20 Forward bulkhead of fuel tank
21 LOX feed line tunnel
22 Bottom of LOX tank
