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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Nova design using new high pressure LH2/Lox engines; 18 in the first stage in a plug nozzle arrangement, 2 in the second. Operational date would have been December 1974.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 447,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 8,163,210 kgf. Total Mass: 6,619,400 kg. Core Diameter: 21.6 m. Total Length: 94.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM 24G-1 Gross Mass: 5,040,000 kg. Empty Mass: 317,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 9,714,000 kgf. Isp: 451 sec. Burn time: 215 sec. Isp(sl): 379 sec. Diameter: 21.6 m. Span: 23.2 m. Length: 49.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 18. HP-1
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Nova MM 24G-2 Gross Mass: 1,043,000 kg. Empty Mass: 136,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 1,043,000 kgf. Isp: 451 sec. Burn time: 386 sec. Isp(sl): 379 sec. Diameter: 18.3 m. Span: 18.3 m. Length: 28.8 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 2. HP-1
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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