VS-40

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VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40)
Foguete VS 40.jpg
VS-40 rocket on display in Brazil
Has useSounding rocket
Country of originBrazil
Size
Height9.5 m (31 ft)
Diameter1.01 m (3 ft 4 in)
Mass6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
Stages2
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit
Altitude650 km (400 mi)
Mass500 kg (1,100 lb)
Launch history
StatusActive
Launch sitesAlcântara Space Center, Andøya Space, Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
Total launches3
Failure(s)1[1]
First flight2 April 1993
Boosters – S40TM
No. boosters1
Total thrust208.39 kN (46,850 lbf)
Specific impulse275 seconds (2.70 km/s)
Burn time56 seconds
First stage – S44M
Maximum thrust33.24 kN (7,470 lbf)
Specific impulse282 seconds (2.77 km/s)
Burn time68 seconds
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The VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40) is a Brazilian sounding rocket using solid fuel, stabilized aerodynamically, distributed between the first stage S40TM (4,200 kg) engine and the second stage S44M (810 kg) engine.[2][3] This configuration corresponds to the upper stages of the VLS-1 rocket.

Flights[]

  • VS-40 PT-01 - "Operação Santa Maria" - 1993/04/02 - Qualifying flight for the S44 engine. 760 seconds in micro-gravity.[4]
  • VS-40 PT-02 - "Operação Livramento" - 1998/03/21 - VAP-1 (Fokker) payload.
  • VS-40M / SHEFEX II - 2012/06/22[5][6] - SHEFEX (Sharp Edge Flight Experiment) II payload.
  • VS-40M / V03 - "Operação São Lourenço" - 2015/11/13 - SARA - Satélite de Reentrada Atmosférica (Atmospheric Reentry Satellite) Suborbital 1 [7][8][9] - Failure (exploded on pad)[1]
  • VS-40M - in development - HIFiRE 8[4]
  • VS-40M - Canceled - SARA Suborbital 2

Characteristics[]

VS-40
  • 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

References[]

  1. ^ a b Brasileira, Força Aérea. "Projeto SARA continua, afirma Diretor de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial". Força Aérea Brasileira.
  2. ^ "IAE - Página inicial". www.iae.cta.br.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia Astronautica Index: 1". www.astronautix.com.
  4. ^ a b "S-40 Family". space.skyrocket.de.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-06-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ "IAE - Página inicial". www.iae.cta.br.
  8. ^ "ANÁLISE DA ESTRUTURA INTERNA DO MÓDULO DE EXPERIMENTOS DO SARA SUBORBITAL" (PDF). www.inicepg.univap.br. 2008. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
  9. ^ "Alcântara sedia encontro que discute atividade espacial no País". Governo do Brasil.

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