Nositel N-1 Launch Vehicle

A giant N-1 rocket sits on the pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, circa 1969

First Stage

Second Stage

Third Stage

Integration & Rollout

Detailed Diagrams

N-1 Launch Vehicle Characteristics

	Block A First Stage	Block B Second Stage	Block V Third Stage
Stage Specifications	.	.	.
Lower diameter (meters/feet)	16.8/55.1	10.3/33.7	7.6/24.9
Upper diameter (meters/feet)	11/36	7.6/24.9	6.0/19.6
Height (meters/feet)	30/98.4	20.5/67.2	11.5/37.7
Total stage mass (metric tons/tons)	1870/2060.7	540/595	185/203.8
Fuel tank diameter (meters/feet)	10.5/34.4	7.0/23	4.9/16
Oxidizer tank diameter (meters/feet)	12.8/42	8.5/27.8	5.9/19.3
Number of main engines	30	8	4
Total thrust (metric tons/tons)	4620/5091	1432/1578	164/180.7
Nominal burn time (seconds)	110	130	400
Number of roll control engines	4	3	4
Roll control engine thrust (metric tons/tons)	7/7.7	6/6.6	2/2.2
.	.	.	.
Main Engine Specifications	.	.	.
Engine designation (Type/Name)	NK-33	NK-43	NK-39
Fuel	Kerosene	Kerosene	Kerosene
Oxidizer	Liquid Oxygen	Liquid Oxygen	Liquid Oxygen
Thrust (metric tons/tons)	154/169.7	179/197.2	41/45.1
Specific Impulse (seconds)	331	348	353

N-1 Flight History

Date	Vehicle #	Payload	Mission Results
21 Feb 69	N-1 3L	L-1S/LK mockup	First stage malfunction at T+70 sec, vehicle destroyed
3 July 69	N-1 5L	L-1S/LK mockup	First stage malfunction before vehicle cleared the launch tower. Vehicle and tower both destroyed
27 June 71	N-1 6L	none	First stage malfunction, vehicle destroyed at T+51 sec
23 Nov 72	N-1 7L	LOK/LK mockup	First stage malfunction, vehicle destroyed at T+107 sec

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Nositel N-1 Launch Vehicle

N-1 Launch Vehicle Characteristics

N-1 Flight History

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