Nova MM S10E-2
Launch vehicle · USA
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Nova Martin Marietta Model S10E-2
Credit: © Mark Wade
American heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. Expendable single stage to orbit Nova using conical shape, 30 CD module engines in zero-length plug nozzle. Operational date would have been November 1977.
LEO Payload: 581,000 kg (1,280,000 lb) to a 185 km orbit.
Stage Data - Nova MM S10E-2
- Stage 1. 1 x Nova MM S10E-2. Gross Mass: 10,302,000 kg (22,712,000 lb). Empty Mass: 639,000 kg (1,408,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 160,672.000 kN (36,120,502 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 263 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 36.70 m (120.40 ft). Length: 54.80 m (179.70 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 30. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Comments: Operational date would have been November 1977. SSTO; expendable; payload 1,283,000 lbs.
Related
- Family
- heavy-lift, orbital launch vehicle
- Country
- USA
- Engines
- CD Module
- Stages
- Nova MM S10E-2 stage
- Agency
- Martin