ABOUT N1
The N1 was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle intended to deliver payloads beyond low Earth orbit, acting as the Soviet counterpart to the US Saturn V. It was designed with manned extra-orbital travel in mind. Development work started on the N1 in 1959. Its first stage is the most powerful rocket stage ever built. (checked 2019)
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
95,000 kg
TO LEO
209,475 lbs
LIFTOFF THRUST
45,400
KILONEWTONS
10,206,329
POUNDS-FORCE
~60,882
HORSEPOWER
DIMENSIONS
Height105 m (345 ft)
Diameter17 m (55.8 ft)
Launch Mass2,750 kg (6,064 lbs)
Stages5
FLIGHT HISTORY
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