Nova MM S10E-1
Launch vehicle · USA
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Nova Martin Marietta Model S10E-1
Credit: © Mark Wade
American heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. Expendable single stage to orbit Nova using cylindrical shape, 24 CD module engines in zero-length plug nozzle. Operational date would have been October 1977.
LEO Payload: 588,000 kg (1,296,000 lb) to a 185 km orbit.
Stage Data - Nova MM S10E-1
- Stage 1. 1 x Nova MM S10E-1. Gross Mass: 10,317,000 kg (22,745,000 lb). Empty Mass: 635,000 kg (1,399,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 160,672.000 kN (36,120,502 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 264 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 24.40 m (80.00 ft). Span: 26.90 m (88.20 ft). Length: 65.70 m (215.50 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 24. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Comments: Operational date would have been October 1977. SSTO; expendable.
Related
- Family
- heavy-lift, orbital launch vehicle
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- CD Module
- Stages
- Nova MM S10E-1 stage
- Agency
- Martin