Ascent Data[1]
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Apollo 7 |
Apollo 8 |
Apollo 9 |
Apollo 10 |
Apollo 11 |
Apollo 12 |
Apollo 13 |
Apollo 14 |
Apollo 15 |
Apollo 16 |
Apollo 17 |
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Pre-Staging |
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Pad Azimuth (deg East of North) |
100 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
90.0 |
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Flight Azimuth (deg East of North) |
72 |
72.124 |
72.0 |
72.028 |
72.058 |
72.029 |
72.043 |
75.558 |
80.088 |
72.034 |
91.503 |
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Mach 1 - GET (sec) |
62.15 |
61.48 |
68.2 |
66.8 |
66.3 |
66.1 |
68.4 |
68.0 |
65.0 |
67.5 |
67.5 |
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Mach 1 Altitude (ft) |
25,034 |
24,128 |
25,781 |
25,788 |
25,736 |
25,610 |
26,697 |
26,355 |
25,663 |
26,019 |
26,221 |
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Maximum Bending Moment - GET (sec) |
73.1 |
74.7 |
79.4 |
84.6 |
91.5 |
77.5 |
76 |
76 |
80.1 |
86.5 |
79 |
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Maximum Bending Moment (lbf-in) |
7,546,000 |
60,000,000 |
86,000,000 |
88,000,000 |
33,200,000 |
37,000,000 |
69,000,000 |
116,000,000 |
80,000,000 |
71,000,000 |
96,000,000 |
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Maximum q - GET (sec) |
75.5 |
78.9 |
85.5 |
82.6 |
83.0 |
81.1 |
81.3 |
81.0 |
82.0 |
86.0 |
82.5 |
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Maximum q Altitude (ft) |
39,903 |
44,062 |
45,138 |
43,366 |
44,512 |
42,133 |
40,876 |
40,398 |
44,971 |
47,122 |
42,847 |
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Maximum q (lb/ft2) |
665.60 |
776.938 |
630.73 |
694.232 |
735.17 |
682.95 |
651.63 |
655.80 |
768.58 |
726.81 |
701.75 |
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S-IC Stage Burn (S-IB Apollo 7) |
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Duration (sec) |
147.31 |
160.41 |
169.06 |
168.03 |
168.03 |
168.2 |
170.3 |
170.6 |
166.1 |
168.5 |
168.1 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - GET (sec) |
140.10 |
153.92 |
162.84 |
161.71 |
161.71 |
161.82 |
163.70 |
164.18 |
159.56 |
161.78 |
161.20 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - (ft/sec2) |
137.76 |
127.46 |
123.75 |
126.21 |
126.67 |
125.79 |
123.36 |
122.90 |
127.85 |
122.90 |
124.51 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - (g) |
4.28 |
3.96 |
3.85 |
3.92 |
3.94 |
3.91 |
3.83 |
3.82 |
3.97 |
3.82 |
3.87 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity - GET (sec) |
144.6 |
154.47 |
163.45 |
161.96 |
162.30 |
162.18 |
164.10 |
164.59 |
160.00 |
162.5 |
162.0 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity (ft/sec) |
6,490.1 |
7,727.36 |
7,837.89 |
7,835.76 |
7,882.9 |
7,852.0 |
7,820.9 |
7,774.9 |
7,387.6 |
7,779.5 |
7,790.0 |
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Apex - GET (sec) |
259.4 |
266.54 |
266.03 |
266.87 |
269.1 |
275.6 |
271.7 |
271.8 |
277.562 |
270.973 |
273.689 |
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Apex - Altitude (n mi) |
64.4 |
64.69 |
59.23 |
60.61 |
62.1 |
66.4 |
63.1 |
62.9 |
68.8 |
63.1 |
64.9 |
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Apex - Range (n mi) |
132.6 |
175.70 |
172.37 |
172.90 |
176.8 |
181.4 |
176.0 |
174.5 |
182.9 |
174.8 |
177.2 |
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S-II Stage Burn |
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Duration (sec) |
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367.85 |
371.06 |
388.59 |
384.22 |
389.14 |
426.64 |
392.55 |
386.06 |
394.34 |
395.06 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - GET (sec) |
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524.14 |
536.31 |
460.69 |
460.70 |
460.83 |
537.00 |
463.17 |
459.56 |
461.77 |
461.21 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - (ft/sec2) |
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59.71 |
64.34 |
58.46 |
58.53 |
58.79 |
53.31 |
58.10 |
57.58 |
56.00 |
56.00 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - (g) |
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1.86 |
2.00 |
1.82 |
1.82 |
1.83 |
1.66 |
1.81 |
1.79 |
1.74 |
1.74 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity GET (sec) |
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524.90 |
536.45 |
553.50 |
549.00 |
553.20 |
593.50 |
560.07 |
550.00 |
560.0 |
560.6 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity (ft/sec) |
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21,068.14 |
21,441.11 |
21,317.81 |
21,377.0 |
21,517.8 |
21,301.6 |
21,574.5 |
21,601.4 |
21,550.9 |
21,567.6 |
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Apex - GET (sec) |
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560.34 |
593.58 |
597.21 |
587.0 |
581.7 |
632.2 |
600.2 |
553.225 |
584.122 |
574.527 |
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Apex - Altitude (n mi) |
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104.21 |
102.50 |
102.31 |
101.9 |
103.2 |
103.0 |
102.4 |
95.2 |
93.7 |
93.3 |
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Apex - Range (n mi) |
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934.06 |
1,026.36 |
1,035.06 |
1,005.9 |
985.3 |
1,098.8 |
1,032.2 |
888.9 |
978.7 |
946.2 |
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S-IVB First Burn |
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Duration (sec) |
469.79 |
156.69 |
123.84 |
146.95 |
147.13 |
137.31 |
152.93 |
137.16 |
141.47 |
142.61 |
138.85 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - GET (sec) |
616.9 |
685.08 |
664.74 |
703.84 |
699.41 |
693.99 |
750.00 |
700.66 |
694.67 |
706.21 |
702.65 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration (ft/sec2) |
82.22 |
23.10 |
25.72 |
22.60 |
22.08 |
22.21 |
21.85 |
21.62 |
21.00 |
21.59 |
21.46 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration (g) |
2.56 |
0.72 |
0.80 |
0.70 |
0.69 |
0.69 |
0.68 |
0.67 |
0.65 |
0.67 |
0.67 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity - GET (sec) |
619.3 |
685.50 |
674.66 |
703.84 |
709.33 |
703.91 |
750.50 |
710.56 |
704.67 |
716.21 |
712.70 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity (ft/sec) |
24,208.4 |
24,244.26 |
24,246.39 |
24,240.09 |
24,243.8 |
24,242.3 |
24,243.1 |
24,221.8 |
24,242.4 |
24,286.1 |
24,231.0 |
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S-IVB Second Burn |
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Duration (sec) |
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317.72 |
62.06 |
343.06 |
346.83 |
341.14 |
350.85 |
350.84 |
350.71 |
341.92 |
351.04 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - GET[2] |
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002:55:55.61 |
004:46:57.68 |
002:39:10.66 |
002:50:03.11 |
002:53:04.02 |
002:41:37.23 |
002:34:23.34 |
002:55:53.61 |
002:39:18:42 |
003:18:27.64 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration (ft/sec2) |
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49.77 |
39.90 |
47.90 |
46.65 |
47.74 |
46.23 |
46.56 |
45.01 |
45.64 |
45.44 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration (g) |
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1.55 |
1.24 |
1.49 |
1.45 |
1.48 |
1.44 |
1.45 |
1.40 |
1.42 |
1.41 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity - GET |
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002:55:56.00 |
004:46:58.20 |
002:39:11.30 |
002:50:03.50 |
002:53:04.32 |
002:41:37.80 |
002:34:23.67 |
002:55:54.00 |
002:39:20.0 |
003:18:28.5 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity (ft/sec) |
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34,178.74 |
26,432.58 |
34,251.67 |
34,230.3 |
34,063.0 |
34,231.0 |
34,194.9 |
34,236.9 |
34,269.0 |
34,202.4 |
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S-IVB Third Burn |
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Duration (sec) |
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242.06 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration - GET |
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006:08:53.00 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration (ft/sec2) |
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54.40 |
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Maximum Total Inertial Acceleration (g) |
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1.69 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity - GET |
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006:11:23.50 |
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Maximum Earth-Fixed Velocity (ft/sec) |
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29,923.49 |
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[1]Compiled from Saturn V launch vehicle flight evaluation reports, Apollo/Saturn V postflight trajectory reports, and mission reports.
[2]GET is expressed as hours:minutes:seconds (hhh:mm:ss) for the S-IVB second and third burns.