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===N1 vehicle serial numbers=== [[File:KH-8 N1.jpg|thumb|upright|N1 imaged by US [[KH-8 Gambit]] reconnaissance satellite, 19 September 1968]] * N1 1L β full scale dynamic test model, each stage was individually dynamically tested; the full N1 stack was only tested at 1/4 scale.<ref name="SFH_N1">{{Cite web |last=Avilla |first=Aeryn |date=21 February 2020 |title=N1: The Rise and Fall of the USSR's Moon Rocket |url=https://www.spaceflighthistories.com/post/n1-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-ussr-s-moon-rocket |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223091415/https://www.spaceflighthistories.com/post/n1-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-ussr-s-moon-rocket |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=Spaceflight Histories }}</ref> * N1 2L (1M1) β Facilities Systems Logistic Test and Training Vehicle (FSLT & TV); two first stages painted gray, third stage gray-white and L3 white.<ref>{{cite web|title=SL-X-15, N1-L3 (1M1) on the Launch Pad|url=https://irp.fas.org/imint/4_n1l_04.htm |publisher=Federation of American Scientists|access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref> * N1 3L β '''first launch''', engine fire, exploded at 12 km.<ref name="AxN1">{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |title=N1 (rocket) |url=http://www.astronautix.com/n/n1.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207065630/http://www.astronautix.com/n/n1.html |archive-date=7 February 2024 |access-date=30 April 2023 |website=astronautix.com }}</ref> * N1 4L β Block A LOX tank developed cracks; never launched, parts from Block A used for other launchers; rest of airframe structure scrapped.<ref name="SFH_N1"/> * N1 5L β '''second launch''', partially painted gray; first night launch, launch failure demolished pad [[Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 110|110 East]].<ref name="AxN1"/> * N1 6L β '''third launch''', flown from the second pad 110 West, deficient roll control, destroyed after 51s.<ref name="AxN1"/> * N1 7L β '''fourth launch''', all white, engine cutoff at {{convert|40|km|nmi}} caused propellant line [[water hammer|hammer]]ing, rupturing the fuel system.<ref name="AxN1"/> * N1 8L and 9L β flight ready N1Fs with improved NK-33 engines in Block A, scrapped when the program was canceled.<ref name="AxN1"/><ref name="SFH_N1"/> * N1 10L β uncompleted, scrapped along with 8L and 9L.<ref name="SFH_N1"/>
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