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    The Saturn V instrument unit is a ring-shaped structure fitted to the top of the Saturn V rocket's third stage (S-IVB) and the Saturn IB's second stage...
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    of the Saturn IB. The instrument unit that controlled the Saturn V shared characteristics with the one carried by the Saturn IB. The Saturn V was primarily...
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    during testing to verify the entire system. The Saturn V consisted of three stages and an Instrument Unit (IU). The first stage, S-IC, delivered 7,610,000...
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  • fetch and instruction issue Saturn V instrument unit, a guidance system for the Saturn V rocket International unit, a unit for biological activity used...
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    IBM (redirect from IBM Instruments)
    Gemini flights, 1966 Saturn flights, and 1969 lunar mission. IBM also developed and manufactured the Saturn V's Instrument Unit and Apollo spacecraft...
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    ST-124-M3 inertial platform (category Saturn V)
    the Saturn V launch vehicle. It was carried by the Saturn V Instrument Unit, a 3-foot-high (0.91 m), 22-foot-diameter (6.7 m) section of the Saturn V that...
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  • astronauts to safety. Saturn V Instrument Unit - Emergency detection Human-rating certification NASA Technical Note TN-D6487 (pdf), pp. 3, 6, vii v t e...
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    the alarms could be safely ignored and the landing succeeded. Saturn V instrument unit − guidance system used by the Apollo launch vehicles Holley, M...
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    McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0070285941. OCLC 41932585. Torquato, S.; Gibiansky, L.V.; Silva, M.J.; Gibson, L.J. (January 1998). "Effective mechanical and transport...
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    (LM), before the larger Saturn V needed for lunar flight was ready. By sharing the S-IVB upper stage, the Saturn IB and Saturn V provided a common interface...
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    Mattingly, orbited the Moon 64 times in 1972, is on display. The Saturn V Instrument Unit controlled five F-1 engines in the first stage of the rocket as...
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    and service modules, Apollo Lunar Module, Spacecraft/LM Adapter, Saturn V Instrument Unit, S-IVB stage, and propellant for translunar injection; payload...
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  • super-heavy lift Saturn V which carried the first men to landings on the Moon in the Apollo program. President John F. Kennedy identified the Saturn I, and the...
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    Skylab (redirect from Saturn V Workshop)
    redesigned to launch Skylab. The Saturn V's third stage was removed and replaced with Skylab, but with the controlling Instrument Unit remaining in its standard...
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    Instrument Unit, fitted to the S-IVB stage of the Saturn V and Saturn IB rockets. The LVDC also supported pre- and post-launch checkout of the Saturn...
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    The Saturn Ion is a compact car sold by Saturn between the 2003 and 2007 model years. Based on the GM Delta platform, the Ion replaced the Saturn S-Series...
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    Apollo 11 (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
    minutes before lifting off to rejoin Columbia. Apollo 11 was launched by a Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, on July 16...
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    Apollo 12 (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
    Control was garbled, but the Saturn V continued to fly normally; the strikes had not affected the Saturn V instrument unit guidance system, which functioned...
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    Bendix Corporation (category Instrument-making corporations)
    NASA. It also built the ST-124-M3 inertial platform used in the Saturn V Instrument Unit which was built by the Navigation and Control Division in Teterboro...
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  • Jupiter and early Saturn I ST-80 for the PGM-11 Redstone ST-120 for the Pershing missile ST-124-M3 inertial platform for the Saturn V "Site: Eclipse-Pioneer...
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    Applications Program Saturn INT-20 Saturn INT-21 Includes S-II/S-IVB interstage Includes Instrument Unit Final Report - Studies of Improved Saturn V Vehicles and...
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    that Saturn or its moons may emit. Radio and Plasma Wave Science instrument (RPWS) The RPWS was an in situ instrument and remote sensing instrument that...
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    Apollo 6 (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
    States' Apollo Program and the second test of the Saturn V launch vehicle. It qualified the Saturn V for use on crewed missions, and it was used beginning...
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    version of the Instrument Unit, one that was unpressurized and 2 feet (0.61 m) shorter than version 1. Version 2 flew on the remaining Saturn I missions (SA-8...
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    the second stage. This was where it would be located on Saturn V flights. The Instrument Unit controlled the ascent of the rocket through the atmosphere...
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    on the interstage between S-I and S-IV; Saturn IB and Saturn V vehicles would have one on the Instrument Unit atop the S-IVB stage. Two new transmitters...
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    which landed the first astronauts on the Moon. The program used the Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles to lift the Command/Service Module (CSM) and Lunar...
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    Apollo (spacecraft) (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
    was composed of four fixed 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) panels bolted to the Instrument Unit on top of the S-IVB stage, which were connected via hinges to four...
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    SA-500F (category Saturn V)
    SA-500F (alternately SA500F, 500F, or Facilities Integration Vehicle) was a Saturn V used by NASA to test facilities at Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space...
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    AS-500 series number, "AS" indicating "Apollo Saturn" and the "5" indicating Saturn V. The three-stage Saturn V was designed to send a fully fueled CSM and...
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