Complex N1-L3
Components
Rocket-Space Complex N1-L3 integrated with three-stage launch vehicle N1 and Lunar Complex L3
(designed under the Lunar Manned Program) |
Launch vehicle N1 was designed of three stages (A, B, V)
connected with transfer compartments of a truss type and
a core stage. A structural arrangement included a shell
receiving external loads and accommodating fuel tanks (with
an oxidizer tank in the front part), engines, and other
systems in its interior.
The rocket was a package design with suspended, single-unit,
spherical fuel tanks and multi-engine propulsion units on
stages I, II, and III.
| Principal
characteristics of Rocket-Space Complex N1-L3 (7L) |
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Mass of payload delivered to the Earth orbit,
(Hcirc = 200 km), t
Launch mass, t
Propellants mass, t
Total thrust of engines ground thrust, tf
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90
2820
1730
680
4615
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The L3 system was designed of rocket stages G and D, its Lunar Orbiter (LOK) and rocket stage I, and
its lunar vehicle (LK) and rocket stage E, a payload fairing protecting systems from aerodynamic and heat exposure in
dense layers of atmosphere that was jettisoned when certain velocity heads have been achieved, as well as an emergency
rescue system PU for the Lunar Orbiter descent module escape from the accidental LV.
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