Jupiter-C (1956-57)
First Flight: 1956
Last Flight: 1957
Stages: 3
Total Mass: 29 tons
Empty Mass: 4.64 tons
Payload Mass: 11 kg to suborbital
Diameter: 1.78 m
Length: 21.2 m
First Stage
Type: Redstone (stretched) Core
Arrangement: 1 x Rocketdyne A-7
Thrust (kN): 370
Propellant: LOX/Hydyne
ISP: 235 s
ISP (sea level):
Burn Time: 155 s
Gross Mass: 28.4 tons
Second Stage
Type: Sergeant cluster Core
Arrangement: 11 x JPL scaled-down Sergeant solid
Thrust (kN): 73
Propellant: polysulfide-aluminum and ammonium perchlorate
ISP: 235 s
ISP (sea level): 220 s
Burn Time: 6.5 s
Gross Mass: 0.46 tons
Third Stage
Type: Sergeant cluster Core
Arrangement: 3 x JPL scaled-down Sergeant solid
Thrust (kN): 20
Propellant: polysulfide-aluminum and ammonium perchlorate
ISP: 235 s
ISP (sea level): 220 s
Burn Time: 6.5 s
Gross Mass: 0.13 tons