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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Nova 1 1/2 stage design with 4 new 3 million kgf LH2/Lox engines in the jettisonable booster section and a single 3 million kgf sustainer. Operational date would have been June 1976.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 531,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 13,614,510 kgf. Total Mass: 10,990,200 kg. Core Diameter: 24.4 m. Total Length: 102.0 m.
- Stage Number: 0. 1 x Nova MM 34-0 Gross Mass: 227,000 kg. Empty Mass: 227,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 12,517,000 kgf. Isp: 439 sec. Burn time: 190 sec. Isp(sl): 382 sec. Diameter: 27.4 m. Span: 33.0 m. Length: 18.2 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 1. L6H
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM 34-1 Gross Mass: 10,126,000 kg. Empty Mass: 544,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 3,129,000 kgf. Isp: 439 sec. Burn time: 388 sec. Isp(sl): 382 sec. Diameter: 24.4 m. Span: 24.4 m. Length: 84.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 4. L6H
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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