| US Navy/NOTS | NOTS-EV-1 | NOTS-EV-2 | |||
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Overall Vehicle |
Operational | from | 04.07.1958 | 28.07.1960 | |
| to | 28.08.1958 | 26.07.1962 | |||
| Orbital flights | 2 (?) | suborbital | |||
| Payload weight | t | LEEO | 0.001 | ||
| Gross liftoff weight | t | 0.950 | |||
| Gross propellant weight | t | 0.726 | |||
| Total length | m | 4.38 | 3.15 | ||
| Max. diameter (span) | m | 1.65 | |||
| Total liftoff thrust (s.l.) | kN | 126.4 | |||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 1.69 | |||
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Fairing |
Total length | m | - | - | |
| Diameter | m | - | - | ||
| Total weight | t | - | - | ||
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Stage 5 |
Name | NOTS | |||
| Length | m | 0.14 | |||
| Diameter | m | 0.08 | |||
| Liftoff weight | t | 0.0567 | |||
| Propellant weight | t | 0.0003 | |||
| Engines | |||||
| Propellant |
solid |
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| Total thrust (vac) | kN | 0.765 | |||
| Specific impulse (vac) | N*s/kg | 2403 | |||
| Burn time | s | 1.0 | |||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 0.001 | |||
|
Stage 4 |
Name | NOTS-100 | NOTS | ||
| Length | m | 0.47 | 0.14 | ||
| Diameter | m | 0.20 | 0.08 | ||
| Liftoff weight | t | 0.149 | 0.0567 | ||
| Propellant weight | t | 0.012 | 0.0003 | ||
| Engines | |||||
| Propellant |
solid |
solid |
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| Total thrust (vac) | kN | 5.14 | 0.76 | ||
| Specific impulse (vac) | N*s/kg | 2403 | 2403 | ||
| Burn time | s | 5.7 | 1.0 | ||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 0.03 | 0.001 | ||
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Stage 3 |
Name | ABL X-241 | NOTS-100A | ||
| Length | m | 1.48 | |||
| Diameter | m | 0.46 | |||
| Liftoff weight | t | 0.196 | |||
| Propellant weight | t | 0.170 | |||
| Engines | |||||
| Propellant |
solid |
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| Total thrust (vac) | kN | 12.1 | |||
| Specific impulse (vac) | N*s/kg | 2551 | |||
| Burn time | s | 36 | |||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 0.43 | |||
|
Stage 2 |
Name | 2 HOTROC | ABL X-248 | ||
| Length | m | 1.80 | |||
| Diameter | m | 0.76 (0.30) | |||
| Liftoff weight | t | 0.327 | |||
| Propellant weight | t | 0.272 | |||
| Engines | |||||
| Propellant | solid | ||||
| Total thrust (s.l.) | kN | 126.4 | |||
| Specific impulse (s.l.) | N*s/kg | 2255 | |||
| Burn time | s | 4.9 | |||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 0.61 | |||
|
Stage 1 |
Name | 2 HOTROC | NOTS-500 | ||
| Length | m | 1.80 | |||
| Diameter | m | 0.76 (0.30) | |||
| Liftoff weight | t | 0.327 | |||
| Propellant weight | t | 0.272 | |||
| Engines | |||||
| Propellant | solid | ||||
| Total thrust (s.l.) | kN | 126.4 | |||
| Specific impulse (s.l.) | N*s/kg | 2255 | |||
| Burn time | s | 4.9 | |||
| Total impulse (vac) | MN*s | 0.61 | |||