Jarvis (rocket)

Jarvis
ManufacturerHughes Aircraft / Boeing
Country of originUnited States
Size
Height58 m (190 ft)
Diameter8.38 m (27.5 ft)
Mass1,154,000 kg (2,544,000 lb)
Stages3
Capacity
Payload to LEO
Mass38,000 kg (84,000 lb)
Payload to GTO
Mass13,000 kg (29,000 lb)
Launch history
StatusNone built
Total launches0
First stage
Powered by2x F-1
Maximum thrust15,481.26 kN (3,480,330 lbf)
Specific impulse304 seconds (vacuum)
Burn time170 seconds
PropellantRP-1 / LOX
Second stage
Powered by1x J-2
Maximum thrust1,031.98 kN (232,000 lbf)
Specific impulse425 seconds (vacuum)
Burn time525 seconds
PropellantLH2 / LOX
Third stage
Powered by8x R-4D
Maximum thrust3.92 kN (880 lbf)
Specific impulse312 seconds
PropellantMMH / N2O4

Jarvis was a proposed American medium-lift launch vehicle for space launch, designed by Hughes Aircraft and Boeing during the mid-1980s as part of the joint United States Air Force (USAF)/National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Advanced Launch System (ALS) study. Intended to utilize engines and tooling in storage from the Saturn V rocket program along with Space Shuttle components, and projected to be capable of carrying up to six satellites into multiple orbits using a single launch (e.g. GPS constellation), the proposal failed to meet the ALS requirements, and the Jarvis rocket was never built.