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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Nova single stage to orbit design with 24 new high pressure LH2/Lox engines in the first stage in a plug nozzle arrangement. Operational date would have been April 1975.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 472,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 13,685,920 kgf. Total Mass: 11,055,400 kg. Core Diameter: 24.4 m. Total Length: 91.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM 33-1 Gross Mass: 10,489,000 kg. Empty Mass: 626,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 15,997,000 kgf. Isp: 443 sec. Burn time: 268 sec. Isp(sl): 379 sec. Diameter: 24.4 m. Span: 26.2 m. Length: 75.9 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 24. HP-1
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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