N1 Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle
N1 was the Soviet super-heavy launch vehicle developed for the crewed N1-L3 lunar-landing programme. Its enormous kerosene and liquid-oxygen first stage used thirty NK-15 engines, followed by clustered upper propulsion; all four uncrewed test vehicles launched from Baikonur between 1969 and 1972 were lost before reaching orbit.
Identity
- Aliases
- N-111A52N1-L3 launch vehicleН1
- Family Name
- N1
- Full Name
- N1 Super-Heavy Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- n1-super-heavy-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- N1 was the Soviet super-heavy launch vehicle developed for the crewed N1-L3 lunar-landing programme. Its enormous kerosene and liquid-oxygen first stage used thirty NK-15 engines, followed by clustered upper propulsion; all four uncrewed test vehicles launched from Baikonur between 1969 and 1972 were lost before reaching orbit.
- Diameter M
- 17
- Engines
- Count
- 30
- Name
- NK-15
- Placement
- core
- Count
- 8
- Name
- NK-15V
- Placement
- upper
- Count
- 4
- Name
- NK-21
- Placement
- upper
- First Flight Year
- 1,969
- Height M
- 105.3
- Last Flight Year
- 1,972
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 2,735,000
- Stages Count
- 4
Links
- Official Url
- https://sma.nasa.gov/LaunchVehicle/n1.html
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N1_(rocket)
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:42:21 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 10:42:21 AM