J-2

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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 (4)

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 (8)

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