Flight manual release of huge rocket "Saturn V" used also in the Apollo program

ByNASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

From 1967 to 1973Apollo planYaSkylab planDisposable multistage rocket used inSATURN V(Saturn 5) "flight manual has been released.

SATURN V FLIGHT MANUAL SA 507.pdf
(PDF file)http://history.nasa.gov/ap12fj/pdf/a12_sa507-flightmanual.pdf

In the published flight manual, the serial number "SA-507In the model ofApollo 12As of Saturn 5 which was used for lunar exploration as.


Apollo 12 was launched for the moon on November 14, 1969, and the published PDF file also contains the data at launch, and these data are used for subsequent rocket development He said that.


Saturn 5 is a multistage rocket, the first stage from the bottom of the bodyS-IC, The second stageS-II, The third stageS-IVBIt is made up of.


Apollo 12 was 363 feet long (about 111 meters), dry weight 6,348,055 pounds (about 2880 tons), Saturn 5 was the largest rocket ever.


This is a graph showing ignition timings of three rockets right after launch.


Graph of axial section force and air resistance generated in rocket.


Graph showing azimuth angle with time.


A diagram of the display console. There are so many instruments on the cockpit left side only.


Various instruments including a speedometer on the left front.


center console.


Right front.


right side.


The S - IC rocket is composed like this.


This is a large engine developed by Rocketdyne "F-1 rocket engine". Propulsion is 6.7 million Newtons. The F - 1 rocket engine was still the highest output per unit as a liquid fuel rocket engine, and five were installed in Saturn V.


The unit of the F - 1 engine consists of these parts.


Hydraulic actuator


Liquid fuel supply system


Energy distribution diagram


The separation system of each rocket


The S - II is equipped with a reverse injection rocket for pressing the fuel against the tank bottom.


Combustion engine of oxygen and hydrogen


Change the direction of injection and control the attitude.


This is an automatic control unit mounted on top of the third stage.


We controlled the rocket by computing data measured with a gyro sensor, an acceleration sensor, etc. with a computer. IBM is responsible for the production of automatic control equipment.


The arrangement of the rocket spouting engine looks something like this.


At the tip of the rocketGimbalEquipped.


The flight manual also explains the launch pad that will launch Saturn 5.


The launch pad can be moved as the name "MOBILE LAUNCHER".


A manual for air traffic controllers is also included.