FACTS ABOUT THE S1C ROCKET STAGE

Here are some figures about our stage (simplified):
Major Structure: 1. The skirts that enclosed the components were made out of aluminum.
2. The 2 fuel tanks (Liquid oxygen and RP-1 Kerosene).
3. Forward skirts were a part of
The thrust structure which was above the five F-1 Rocketdyne Engines.

Weight: 300,000 lb (dry)
Diameter: 33 feet
Height: 138 feet
Burntime: About 2.5 minutes
Velocity: 6,000 miles per hour
Altitude at burnout: 38 miles

Propulsion: 5 bi-propellant engines (Rocketdyne F-1)
Loaded Weight: 4,792,000 pounds
For fuel pressurization: gaseous nitrogen and helium.
Gaseous oxygen was converted to LOX by the engines.
Main propellant was RP-1 (Kerosene).

The electrical system was powered by two 28 VDC batteries.
The hydraulic system was used for engine start and gimbling the 4 outboard engines. The center engine was fixed.
The instrumentation (I worked on this) handled 900
measurements of which our team handled about 100.

Tracking was done by a ODOP Transponder (no one today even knows what this is).
This was the most powerful space rocket stage ever built.
NASA loved it because really had power to boost the Saturn V space rocket out of the atmosphere and on to the Moon.