Nova 0 stage series
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- Nova GD-H-0 LOx/LH2 propellant rocket stage. Massed estimated based on tank volumes, total thrust, and first stage burnout conditions. Recoverable booster engine package 'half stage' of a 1 1/2 stage arrangement. Separation at 2,980 m/s at 87,800 m altitude; splashdown under 4 46 m diameter parachutes 1,000 km downrange.
- Nova MM 34-0 LOx/LH2 propellant rocket stage. Operational date would have been June 1976. Booster stage (engines only).