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Superraket Block A

Lox/Kerosene propellant rocket stage. Loaded/empty mass 1,150,000/100,000 kg. Thrust 33,656.00 kN. Vacuum specific impulse 310 seconds. Ancestor of N1 Block A; conical liquid oxygen/kerosene stage using massive cluster of Kuznetsov engines. Gross mass estimated based on 2,000 tonne total vehicle weight; empty mass estimated.

No Engines: 66.

Status: Development ended 1959.
Gross mass: 1,150,000 kg (2,530,000 lb).
Unfuelled mass: 100,000 kg (220,000 lb).
Height: 27.00 m (88.00 ft).
Diameter: 9.00 m (29.50 ft).
Span: 15.00 m (49.00 ft).
Thrust: 33,656.00 kN (7,566,169 lbf).
Specific impulse: 310 s.
Specific impulse sea level: 270 s.
Burn time: 90 s.

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  • Superraket Russian nuclear orbital launch vehicle. The ancestor of the N1 lunar launch vehicle, this was the first heavy lift launch vehicle actively considered in the USSR. The 2,000 tonne liftoff mass was similar to the later N1 design, but the first stage would use a staggering cluster of around 66 Kuznetsov NK-9 engines (as opposed to the modest 24 NK-15's of the first N1 configuration). The real difference was in the second stage, which used the nuclear YaRD engine, giving the launch vehicle nearly double the later N1's payload capacity. More...

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