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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study General Dynamics 1960.
Vehicle using Nova B as first two stages, nuclear spacecraft with jettisonable tanks as upper stage.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 112,000 kg. to: 556 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Payload: 65,000 kg. to a: escape trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 4,081,350 kgf. Total Mass: 2,839,400 kg. Core Diameter: 12.2 m. Total Length: 106.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova B-1 Gross Mass: 1,995,000 kg. Empty Mass: 100,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 4,682,000 kgf. Isp: 304 sec. Burn time: 121 sec. Isp(sl): 265 sec. Diameter: 12.2 m. Span: 12.2 m. Length: 28.0 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 6. F-1
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova B-2 Gross Mass: 614,000 kg. Empty Mass: 38,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,043,000 kgf. Isp: 420 sec. Burn time: 228 sec. Isp(sl): 150 sec. Diameter: 12.2 m. Span: 12.2 m. Length: 23.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 7. J-2
- Stage Number: 3. 1 x Nova D-3 Gross Mass: 96,000 kg. Empty Mass: 12,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 27,000 kgf. Isp: 830 sec. Burn time: 2,513 sec. Diameter: 11.3 m. Span: 11.3 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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