Nova Model T10RE-1 Credit - © Mark Wade

Two stage Nova using CD modules; reusable first stage with 18 modules exhausting to a 10% length plug nozzle; expendable second stage with 2 CD module engines. Operational date would have been January 1977.

Manufacturer: Martin. LEO Payload: 427,000 kg (941,000 lb). to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 80,033.400 kN (17,992,224 lbf). Total Mass: 6,616,400 kg (14,586,600 lb). Core Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Total Length: 97.00 m (318.00 ft).

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Stage: Nova MM T10RE-1-1. Gross Mass: 4,979,000 kg (10,976,000 lb). Empty Mass: 454,000 kg (1,000,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 96,379.000 kN (21,666,861 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 205 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 28.00 m (91.00 ft). Length: 57.80 m (189.60 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 18. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Operational date would have been January 1977. Recoverable stage.

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Stage: Nova MM T10EE-1-2. Gross Mass: 1,125,000 kg (2,480,000 lb). Empty Mass: 136,000 kg (299,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 11,032.000 kN (2,480,092 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 393 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Length: 23.30 m (76.40 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 2. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Operational date would have been November 1976. Expendable stage.

• Scala, Keith J, and Swanson, Glen E, Quest, "They Might Be Giants Part 2", Spring, 1993.