🚀Launchpad

N1

Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)

Manufacturer
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
Maiden flight
1969-02-21
Length
105 m
Diameter
17 m
Payload to LEO
95,000 kg
Launches
4
Successful
0

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)