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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Nova design using existing engines; 18 F-1A in the first stage, 3 M-1 in the second. Operational date would have been February 1973
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 444,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 14,699,970 kgf. Total Mass: 11,516,800 kg. Core Diameter: 21.0 m. Total Length: 119.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM 1C-1 Gross Mass: 8,943,000 kg. Empty Mass: 590,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 16,490,000 kgf. Isp: 304 sec. Burn time: 151 sec. Isp(sl): 271 sec. Diameter: 21.0 m. Span: 27.1 m. Length: 49.7 m. Propellants: Lox/Kerosene No Engines: 18. F-1A
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova MM 1C-2 Gross Mass: 2,041,000 kg. Empty Mass: 163,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 2,041,000 kgf. Isp: 428 sec. Burn time: 387 sec. Diameter: 18.3 m. Span: 18.3 m. Length: 49.7 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 3. M-1
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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