J-2

E130634

The J-2 was a liquid-fueled rocket engine used on NASA’s Saturn rockets to power upper stages during the Apollo and early Skylab missions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
J-2 canonical 4
J-2X 2
J-2 rocket engine 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf liquid-fueled rocket engine ⓘ
rocket engine ⓘ
bellNozzle yes ⓘ
chamberPressure approximately 5.0 MPa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
cycleType gas-generator cycle ⓘ
developedFor Saturn launch vehicle family ⓘ
firstFlight 1966 ⓘ
fuel liquid hydrogen ⓘ
gimbalCapability gimbaled for thrust vector control ⓘ
historicalSignificance enabled translunar injection for Apollo missions ⓘ
one of the first large LH2/LOX engines in operational service ⓘ
manufacturer Rocketdyne ⓘ
linked to: Aerojet Rocketdyne
numberOfEnginesOnSII 5 ⓘ
numberOfEnginesOnSIVB 1 ⓘ
operatedIn near-vacuum conditions ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
propellantType liquid hydrogen ⓘ
liquid oxygen ⓘ
restartCapability restartable in flight ⓘ
specificImpulseVacuum approximately 421 s ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor J-2S ⓘ
linked to: J-2

J-2X ⓘ
linked to: J-2
thrustVacuum approximately 1,033 kN ⓘ
approximately 232,000 lbf ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
usedDuringMission Apollo 11 ⓘ
Apollo 17 ⓘ
Apollo 6 ⓘ
Apollo 8 ⓘ
Skylab 1 ⓘ
usedFor Apollo program ⓘ
Saturn upper stages ⓘ
Skylab program ⓘ
usedForFunction second stage propulsion ⓘ
third stage propulsion ⓘ
usedInConfiguration cluster of five engines on Saturn V S-II ⓘ
single engine on S-IVB stage ⓘ
usedOn Saturn I ⓘ
Saturn IB ⓘ
Saturn V ⓘ
usedOnStage Saturn IB S-IVB stage ⓘ
linked to: S-IVB

Saturn V S-II stage ⓘ
Saturn V S-IVB stage ⓘ
linked to: S-IVB

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

S-IVB → rocketEngine → J-2 ⓘ
J-2 → successor → J-2S ⓘ
linked to: J-2
J-2 → successor → J-2X ⓘ
linked to: J-2
Saturn V S-II second stage → engineType → J-2 rocket engine ⓘ
linked to: J-2
Ares V → upperStageEngineType → J-2X ⓘ
subject linked to: Ares V (cancelled)
linked to: J-2
SA-204 → secondStageEngineType → Rocketdyne J-2 ⓘ
linked to: J-2