Nova Model T10RR-3 Credit - © Mark Wade

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

Manufacturer: Martin. LEO Payload: 419,000 kg (923,000 lb). to: 185 km Orbit. Liftoff Thrust: 90,514.000 kN (20,348,356 lbf). Total Mass: 7,248,800 kg (15,980,800 lb). Core Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Total Length: 100.00 m (320.00 ft).

• Stage Number: 1. 1 x Stage: Nova MM T10RR-3-1. Gross Mass: 5,517,000 kg (12,162,000 lb). Empty Mass: 680,000 kg (1,490,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 109,000.000 kN (24,504,000 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 194 sec. Isp(sl): 377 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 28.00 m (91.00 ft). Length: 61.30 m (201.10 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 18. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Operational date would have been July 1977. Recoverable stage. 10% plug nozzle.

• Stage Number: 2. 1 x Stage: Nova MM T10RR-3-2. Gross Mass: 1,229,000 kg (2,709,000 lb). Empty Mass: 136,000 kg (299,000 lb). Thrust (vac): 12,052.000 kN (2,709,397 lbf). Isp: 454 sec. Burn time: 397 sec. Diameter: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Span: 21.30 m (69.80 ft). Length: 21.80 m (71.50 ft). Propellants: Lox/LH2. No Engines: 2. Engine: CD Module. Status: Study 1963. Operational date would have been July 1977. Recoverable stage.

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