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The '''MS-II''' was a proposed further development of the [[Astronomy:S-II|S-II]] rocket stage developed by [[Company:North American Aviation|North American Aviation]]. 

{{Infobox rocket stage
<!-- Image -->
| image         = File:MS-II Rocket stage drawing from NASA.png
| caption       = Diagram of the MS-II rocket stage
<!-- Basic information -->
| name          = MS-II
| manufacturer  = <!--stage manufacturer-->
| country       = {{wipe|United States}}
| rockets       = [[Astronomy:Saturn MLV|Saturn MLV]]
<!-- General characteristics -->
| height        = {{cvt|25.88|m|ft}}
| diameter      = {{cvt|10.06|m|ft}}
| mass          = {{cvt|521,447|kg|lb}}
| propmass      = {{cvt|471,570|kg|lb}} <!-- 521447-49877=471570 -->
| empty         = {{cvt|49,877|kg|lb}}
<!-- Associated Stages -->
| family        = <!--if a member of a family of stages-->
| derived_from  = [[Astronomy:S-II|S-II]]
| derivatives   = <!--if derivative stages-->
| comparable    = <!--if any similar, unrelated stage-->
<!-- Launch history -->
| status        = Cancelled
| launches      = <!--total launches to date-->
| success       = <!--number of times stage has operated successfully-->
| fail          = <!--number of times stage itself has failed-->
| noburn        = <!--lower stage failed-->
| other_outcome = <!--other-->
| first         = <!--date of first flight-->
| last          = <!--date of last flight-->
| only          = <!--date of launch if stage flew only once-->
<!--Engine details (optional)-->
| stagedata     = <!--insert one of the following templates for each engine types:-->
{{Infobox rocket/stage
| name          = Engines
| engines       = 5 [[Engineering:Rocketdyne J-2|J-2s]]
| solid         = <!--set to "yes" (lowercase) to change Engines to Motor for solid motors-->
| thrust        = {{cvt|1033|kN|lbf}} <!-- 5165.79/5 = 1033.158 -->
| SI            = {{convert|425|isp}}
| burntime      = 361{{nbsp}}s
| fuel          = [[Chemistry:Liquid hydrogen|LH2]]/[[Physics:Liquid oxygen|LOX]]
}}
}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020911051649/http://astronautix.com/stages/satt200k.htm astronautix.com (Saturn MS-II-1-J-2T-200K)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20230426140816/http://www.astronautix.com/s/saturnms-ii-1.html astronautix.com (Saturn MS-II-1)]

'''Attribution:'''
* {{Include-NASA}}

[[Category:Rocket engines]]


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