VS-40
VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40)
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| Function |
Sounding rocket |
| Manufacturer |
Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço |
| Country of origin |
Brazil |
| Size |
| Height |
9.50 m (31.10 ft) |
| Diameter |
1.01 m (3.31 ft) |
| Mass |
6,800 kg (14,900 lb) |
| Stages |
2 |
| Capacity |
| Payload to LEO |
500 kg (650 km) |
| Launch history |
| Status |
Active |
| Launch sites |
Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara |
| Total launches |
2 |
| Failures |
0 |
| Maiden flight |
2 April 1993 |
| First stage - S-40TM |
| Engines |
1 Solid |
| Thrust |
208.39 kN (46,848 lbf) |
| Specific impulse |
275 s (2.70 kN·s/kg) |
| Burn time |
56 seconds |
| Fuel |
Solid |
| Second stage - S-44 |
| Engines |
1 Solid |
| Thrust |
33.24 kN |
| Specific impulse |
282 s |
| Burn time |
68 seconds |
| Fuel |
Solid |
The VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40) is a Brazilian sounding rocket using solid fuel, stabilized aerodynamically, distributed between the first stage S-40TM (4,200 kg) engine and the second stage S-44 (810 kg) engine[1][2].
Flights[3]
- VS-40 PT-01 - "Operação Santa Maria" - 1993/04/02 - Qualifying flight for the S44 engine. 760 seconds in micro-gravity.
- VS-40 PT-02 - "Operação Livramento" - 1998/03/21 - VAP-1 (Fokker) payload.
- VS-40M - in development - 2011 - SHEFEX II
- VS-40 - in development - SARA Suborbital 2 - 2014
Characteristics
- Length (mm) 6725
- Payload Mass (kg) 500
- Diameter (mm) 1000
- Total takeoff mass (kg) 6,737
- Mass of propellant (kg) 5,054
- Structural mass (kg) 1,028
- Apogee (km) 650
- Microgravity time (s) 760
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