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N-IFV-II-III

Launch vehicle · Russia

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N-IFV-II, III
N-IFV-II, III
N-IFV-II, III of 1965

Russian heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. N-IFV-II, III would use only the first stage from the N-1F, and use new cryogenic second and third stages. This cryogenic second stage seems not to have been pursued beyond the study phase.

LEO Payload: 150,000 kg (330,000 lb) to a 220 km orbit at 51.60 degrees.

Country
Russia