VS-40 explained
The VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40) is a Brazilian sounding rocket using solid fuel and stabilized aerodynamically.
The original version, VS-40, uses the S-40TM (4,200 kg) first stage engine and the S-44M (810 kg) second stage engine.[2] [3] [4] This configuration corresponds to the upper stages of the VLS-1 rocket.[5]
Version VS-40M used a S-40M engine for the first stage.
Flights
VS40 performed the following flights:[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Date | Version | Flight | Site | Mission |
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1993/04/02 | VS-40 | V01 | Alcântara | Operação Santa Maria - Qualifying flight for the S44 engine. 760 seconds in micro-gravity. |
1998/03/21 | VS-40 | V02 | Alcântara | Operação Livramento - VAP-1 (Fokker) payload.[12] |
2012/06/22 | VS-40M | V03 | Andøya | SHEFEX (Sharp Edge Flight Experiment) II payload. |
2015/11/13 | VS-40M | | Alcântara | Operação São Lourenço - SARA Suborbital 1 (reentry experiment) – Failure (exploded on pad) | |
A flight of VS-40M carrying "
SARA Suborbital 2" was planned but eventually cancelled. A future flight of VS-40M carrying HIFiRE 8 is in development.
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
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Projeto SARA continua, afirma Diretor de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial. Força Aérea. Brasileira. Força Aérea Brasileira.
- Web site: 2011 . O Foguete de sondagem VS-40 . www.iae.cta.br . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214162613/http://www.iae.cta.br/?action=vs40 . 14 December 2011 . dead.
- Web site: VS-40. www.astronautix.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191123/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vs40.htm. 3 March 2016. dead.
- Web site: S-40 Family . space.skyrocket.de.
- Web site: VS-40 - IAE . 2023-12-03 . iae.dcta.mil.br.
- Web site: 2011 . Projeto SARA . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111214162036/http://www.iae.cta.br/?action=sara . 14 December 2011 . www.iae.cta.br.
- Web site: 2008 . ANÁLISE DA ESTRUTURA INTERNA DO MÓDULO DE EXPERIMENTOS DO SARA SUBORBITAL . 2019-06-12 . www.inicepg.univap.br.
- Web site: Alcântara sedia encontro que discute atividade espacial no País . Governo do Brasil.
- Web site: Sounding Rocket Campaigns « Andøya Rocket Range . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120626045629/http://www.rocketrange.no/?page_id=751&campaign_id=16 . 2012-06-26 . 2012-06-26.
- http://www.vnews.com.br/noticia.php?id=123510
- Web site: VS-40 - IAE . 2023-12-03 . iae.dcta.mil.br.
- Web site: Fan . Ricardo . 2015-11-13 . FAB lança foguete VS-40 nesta sexta-feira . 2023-12-03 . DefesaNet . pt-BR.