Apollo 17 Ascent: Altitude, Speed, Acceleration over Time

8 400
vSF = 7.80 km/s
Abbreviations: EPO reached
S-IC = Saturn V 1st Stage
S-II = Saturn V 2nd Stage
S-IVB = Saturn V 3rd Stage
7 CECO = Center Engine Cutoff 350
OECO = Outboard Engine Cutoff
FECO = First Engine Cutoff
S-IC Burn EPO = Earth Parking Orbit S-II Burn S-IVB Burn #1 EPO
EMR = Engine Mixture Ratio
Max Q = Max Dynamic Pressure
6 (approx. Mach 1.5) 300
vSF = Space Fixed Velocity

5 250
SF Velocity [km/s], Gravity [g]

Altitude [km]
Max G = 3.87g
4 200

06:40 EPO Altitude 172km

3 150

01:22 Max Q
02:19
S-IC CECO
2 100
EMR Shift

1 50
t = -6.6 s
S-IC Ignition
02:41 02:44 07:41 09:20 09:24 11:43
t = 0.6 Liftoff S-IC OECO S-II Ignition S-II CECO S-II OECO S-IVB 1st Ignition S-IVB FECO
0 0
0 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720

WG
00:00 02:00 04:00 Range Time [sec] 08:00 10:00 12:00