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N-1

The N1/L3 was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit. The N1 was the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V and was intended to enable crewed travel to Earth's Moon and beyond, with studies beginning as early as 1959. All of the four flown N1 Block A first stages failed because of a lack of static test firings that did not reveal plumbing issues and other adverse characteristics with the large cluster of thirty engines and its complex fuel and oxidizer feeder system.

Missions: 4
Successes: 0
Partial Failures: 0
Failures: 4
Success Streak: 0
Success Rate: 0%
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Configurations

N-1 L3
OKB-1
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 45,307 kN
Payload to LEO: 95,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 20,000 kg
Stages: 5
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 105.29 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.92 m
Fairing Height: 43.72 m
N-1 L3 M
OKB-1
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 45,307 kN
Payload to LEO: 95,000 kg
Payload to GTO: 20,000 kg
Stages: 5
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 105.29 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.92 m
Fairing Height: 43.72 m

Launch Sites

Site 110/37, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Site 110/38, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Launches

RVSN USSR
N-1 L3 | 7K-LOK n°2 & LK n°4
Thu Nov 23, 1972 06:11 UTC
Site 110/37, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
N-1 L3 | 7K-LOK n°1 & LK n°3
Sat Jun 26, 1971 23:15 UTC
Site 110/37, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
N-1 L3 | L1S n°2 & LK n°2
Thu Jul 03, 1969 20:18 UTC
Site 110/38, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
RVSN USSR
N-1 L3 | L1S n°1 & LK n°1
Fri Feb 21, 1969 09:18 UTC
Site 110/38, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan