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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study General Dynamics 1960.
Vehicle using Nova A as first two stages, nuclear spacecraft with jettisonable tanks as upper stage.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 68,000 kg. to: 556 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Payload: 38,000 kg. to a: escape trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 2,721,480 kgf. Total Mass: 1,887,600 kg. Core Diameter: 9.8 m. Total Length: 106.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova A-1 Gross Mass: 1,342,000 kg. Empty Mass: 73,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 3,122,000 kgf. Isp: 304 sec. Burn time: 121 sec. Isp(sl): 265 sec. Diameter: 9.8 m. Span: 11.9 m. Length: 28.0 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 4. F-1
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova A-2 Gross Mass: 403,000 kg. Empty Mass: 29,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 544,000 kgf. Isp: 420 sec. Burn time: 284 sec. Isp(sl): 150 sec. Diameter: 9.8 m. Span: 11.9 m. Length: 23.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 4. J-2
- Stage Number: 3. 1 x Nova C-3 Gross Mass: 61,000 kg. Empty Mass: 9,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 27,000 kgf. Isp: 830 sec. Burn time: 1,553 sec. Diameter: 9.1 m. Span: 9.1 m. Length: 36.6 m. Propellants: Nuclear/LH2 No Engines: 1. Nerva
Bibliography:- 45 - Koelle, Heinz Hermann,, Handbook of Astronautical Engineering, McGraw-Hill,New York, 1961.
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