A11 Launch Vehicle - Credit: © Mark Wade. 2,742 bytes. 284 x 470 pixels.

The A11 was planned at Peenemuende to use the A9/A10 transoceanic missile atop the tubby A11 stage to form the basis for launching the first earth satellite - or as an ICBM.... Payload/orbit performance estimated.

LEO Payload: 1,700 kg. to: 180 km Orbit. at: 50.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 1,286,710 kgf. Total Mass: 857,340 kg. Core Diameter: 13.5 m. Total Length: 66.0 m.

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Von Braun-2 Gross Mass: 770,000 kg. Empty Mass: 70,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,600,000 kgf. Isp: 286 sec. Burn time: 124 sec. Isp(sl): 230 sec. Diameter: 13.5 m. Span: 13.5 m. Length: 20.7 m. Propellants: Nitric acid/UDMH No Engines: 34. Von Braun-2

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x A-10 Gross Mass: 69,043 kg. Empty Mass: 16,993 kg. Thrust (vac): 235,238 kgf. Isp: 247 sec. Burn time: 55 sec. Isp(sl): 210 sec. Diameter: 4.1 m. Span: 9.0 m. Length: 20.0 m. Propellants: Lox/Alcohol No Engines: 1. A-10

• Stage Number: 3. 1 x A-9 Gross Mass: 16,259 kg. Empty Mass: 3,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 29,437 kgf. Isp: 255 sec. Burn time: 115 sec. Isp(sl): 220 sec. Diameter: 1.7 m. Span: 3.2 m. Length: 14.2 m. Propellants: Lox/Alcohol No Engines: 1. A-9

• 86 - Ordway, Frank, and Sharpe, Mitchell, The Rocket Team, Thomas Y Crowell, New York, 1979.

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A11 - A11 satellite launch vehicle Credit: © Mark Wade. 2,742 bytes. 284 x 470 pixels.

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