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Helios LV

Helios
Helios Launch Vehicle
Credit: © Mark Wade

American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle. 1959 study by Krafft Ehricke of a vehicle where the booster stage contains liquid oxygen tanks only and takes the nuclear second stage to the stratosphere. The nuclear sustainer then takes the payload to orbit or escape trajectory.

AKA: Helios.

Subtopics

	Helios A American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle.

	Helios B American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle.

	Helios C American nuclear-powered orbital launch vehicle.

Country: USA.

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