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missile.at the present time is to be able to pump the fuel after a coasting
apparently been divided into 3 missiles, C-1, C-2 and C-3.
| only one that has been actually authorized to be built,
The Cl is the
This first stage consists
of 8 Avian booster engines using liquid oxygen and RP-1 fuel, The second
stage has 4 Pratt & Whitney liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen engines. The
third stage is basicallythe second atage of the Centaur,
The C-1 will put oe ”
628,500 lbs, in a 300 nom, orbit, 5,000 in a 24 hour orbit, or 9, 000 Ibe. in
‘ escape. It could land 3,000 lbs. soft shot on the moon,
acheduled for early 1964.
Its first launching is
This will actually be the llth firing of the C-1.
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During this period of 1] firings, various combinations of actual and dummy
‘ stages will be used, On the first stage an interesting constructional detail is
that the fuel part of the tank goes to all of the engines, In this way when an
engine develops troubles, it can be shut off and the Saturn will still work, thus
_ giving it a 90% reliability.
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The Co2 is ensentially the same aa the C-1; however, a second stage has
been added which consists of two of the 150-200,000 lbs. engines,
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In the C-3 the first stage has — been increased in thrust, the second
stage now contains 4 of the 150-200, 000 dbs, thrust engines, andthe second -
stage of the C~2 has become the third stage of the C3.
. The next missile discussed was the Nova, The only thing that has actually
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