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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Two stage Nova using CD modules; reusable first stage with 18 modules exhausting to a 10% length plug nozzle; reusable second stage with 2 CD module engines. Operational date would have been July 1977.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 419,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 9,229,860 kgf. Total Mass: 7,248,800 kg. Core Diameter: 21.3 m. Total Length: 100.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM T10RR-3-1 Gross Mass: 5,517,000 kg. Empty Mass: 680,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 11,115,000 kgf. Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 194 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 21.3 m. Span: 28.0 m. Length: 61.3 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 18. CD Module
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova MM T10RR-3-2 Gross Mass: 1,229,000 kg. Empty Mass: 136,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,229,000 kgf. Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 397 sec. Diameter: 21.3 m. Span: 21.3 m. Length: 21.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 2. CD Module
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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