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Liquid Oxygen Tank

Posted by admin in Apollo Saturn V News Reference on November 3, 2015

The liquid oxygen (LOX) tank is an ellipsoidal con­tainer 22 feet high and fabricated from ellipsoidal­shaped top and aft halves. The top half of the LOX tank is known as the common bulkhead and is actu­ally two bulkheads separated by phenolic honey­comb insulation and bonded together to form both the upper portion of the liquid oxygen tank and the lower portion of the liquid hydrogen tank.

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Second Stage LOX Tank

All of the LOX tank bulkheads are formed by weld­ing together 12 high-energy-formed curved sections (gores), each approximately 20 feet long and 8 feet

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Tank Fabrication—Workmen close out dollar section of propel­lant tank.

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wide. When the gores are welded together, an opening is formed at the apex of the bulkhead. The apex is closed by welding the 12 gores to a circular section called a dollar section.