
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)
- Height
- 105 m
- Diameter
- 17 m
- Stages
- 5
- Recorded launches
- 4
- First flight
- 1969-02-21
