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Family: Nova. Country: USA. Status: Study 1963.
Reusable single stage to orbit Nova using cylindrical shape, 24 CD module engines in zero-length plug nozzle. Operational date would have been June 1978.
SpecificationsLEO Payload: 414,000 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. at: 0.0 degrees. Liftoff Thrust: 13,605,220 kgf. Total Mass: 10,966,800 kg. Core Diameter: 24.4 m. Total Length: 83.0 m.
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Nova MM S10R-1 Gross Mass: 10,470,000 kg. Empty Mass: 816,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 16,384,000 kgf. Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 263 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 24.4 m. Span: 32.2 m. Length: 69.5 m. Propellants: Lox/LH2 No Engines: 24. CD Module
Bibliography:- 217 - Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.
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