Nova MM 34

American heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle. Nova 1 1/2 stage design with 4 new 3 million kgf LH2/LOx engines in the jettisonable booster section and a single 3 million kgf sustainer. Operational date would have been June 1976.

LEO Payload: 531,000 kg (1,170,000 lb) to a 185 km orbit.

Stage Data - Nova MM 34

• Stage 0. 1 x Nova MM 34-0. Gross Mass: 227,000 kg (500,000 lb). Empty Mass: 227,000 kg (500,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 122,749.000 kN (27,595,072 lbf). Isp: 439 sec. Burn time: 190 sec. Isp(sl): 382 sec. Diameter: 27.40 m (89.80 ft). Span: 33.00 m (108.00 ft). Length: 18.20 m (59.70 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 1. Engine: L6H. Status: Study 1963. Comments: Operational date would have been June 1976. Booster stage (engines only).

• Stage 1. 1 x Nova MM 34-1. Gross Mass: 10,126,000 kg (22,324,000 lb). Empty Mass: 544,000 kg (1,199,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 30,685.000 kN (6,898,262 lbf). Isp: 439 sec. Burn time: 388 sec. Isp(sl): 382 sec. Diameter: 24.40 m (80.00 ft). Span: 24.40 m (80.00 ft). Length: 84.80 m (278.20 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 4. Engine: L6H. Status: Study 1963. Comments: Operational date would have been June 1976. Sustainer stage (required 4-engine booster stage).