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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Nova design using existing engines; 14 F-1A in the first stage, 2 M-1 in the second. Operational date would have been December 1972
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 330,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 11,432,810 kgf. Total Mass: 9,187,000 kg. Core Diameter: 20.0 m. Total Length: 110.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM 1B-1 Gross Mass: 7,430,000 kg. Empty Mass: 454,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 12,825,000 kgf. Isp: 304 sec. Burn time: 162 sec. Isp(sl): 271 sec. Diameter: 20.0 m. Span: 25.3 m. Length: 46.6 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 14. F-1A
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova MM 1B-2 Gross Mass: 1,361,000 kg. Empty Mass: 122,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,361,000 kgf. Isp: 428 sec. Burn time: 383 sec. Diameter: 20.0 m. Span: 20.0 m. Length: 45.4 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 2. M-1
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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