Inertial Upper Stage

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The Inertial Upper Stage was a two-stage, solid-fueled rocket used primarily with the Space Shuttle and Titan launch vehicles to boost satellites from low Earth orbit to higher orbits such as geostationary transfer orbit.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle stage ⓘ
upper stage rocket ⓘ
alternativeName IUS ⓘ
controlSystem hydrazine reaction control system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
deployedFrom Space Shuttle payload bay ⓘ
Titan III upper stack ⓘ
Titan IV upper stack ⓘ
developedBy Boeing ⓘ
developedFor United States Air Force ⓘ
diameter approximately 2.8 meters ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1982-10-30 ⓘ
firstFlightMission STS-5 ⓘ
linked to: STS-5 with Columbia
firstFlightVehicle Space Shuttle Columbia ⓘ
firstStageMotor SRM-1 ⓘ
firstStagePropellant solid propellant ⓘ
guidanceMethod strapdown inertial navigation ⓘ
hasGuidanceSystem inertial guidance system ⓘ
launchEnvironment deployed from low Earth orbit ⓘ
launchMass approximately 14,000 kilograms ⓘ
length approximately 5.2 meters ⓘ
manufacturer Boeing ⓘ
Boeing Defense, Space & Security ⓘ
missionProfile two-burn transfer to higher energy orbit ⓘ
numberOfStages 2 ⓘ
operatedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
primaryFunction orbit-raising upper stage ⓘ
propulsionType solid rocket motor ⓘ
retirementPeriod early 2000s ⓘ
secondStageMotor SRM-2 ⓘ
secondStagePropellant solid propellant ⓘ
stageConfiguration two-stage solid-fueled upper stage ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Centaur G ⓘ
linked to: Centaur

Payload Assist Module ⓘ
usedByAgency NASA ⓘ
United States Department of Defense ⓘ
usedForOrbitTransfer geostationary transfer orbit ⓘ
high Earth orbit ⓘ
interplanetary trajectories ⓘ
usedOnMission DSP early warning satellites ⓘ
Galileo Jupiter orbiter ⓘ
linked to: Galileo spacecraft

Magellan Venus orbiter ⓘ
linked to: Magellan spacecraft

Milstar communications satellites ⓘ
Navstar GPS satellites ⓘ
TDRS communications satellites ⓘ
usedWithLaunchVehicle Space Shuttle ⓘ
Titan III ⓘ
Titan IV ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

STS-26 → payload → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
Magellan spacecraft → upperStage → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
STS-44 → upperStage → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
STS-34 → galileoDeploymentMethod → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
STS-43 → payload → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
STS-6 → upperStageUsed → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
STS-41 → payload → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
STS-93 → payload → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
Titan IV → upperStageOptions → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
subject linked to: Titan IV launch vehicle
SRM-1 → partOf → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ
SRM-1 → usedIn → Inertial Upper Stage space launch system ⓘ
linked to: Inertial Upper Stage
SRM-1 → usedInProgram → Inertial Upper Stage program ⓘ
linked to: Inertial Upper Stage
SRM-2 → usedIn → Inertial Upper Stage ⓘ