VS-40

VS-40 (*Foguete Suborbital VS-40*)
	VS-40 rocket on display in Brazil
Function	Sounding rocket
Country of origin	Brazil
Size
Height	9.5 m (31 ft)
Diameter	1.01 m (3 ft 4 in)
Mass	6,800 kg (15,000 lb)
Stages	2
Capacity
Payload to low Earth orbit
Altitude	650 km (400 mi)
Mass	500 kg (1,100 lb)
Launch history
Status	Active
Launch sites	Alcântara Space Center, Andøya Space, Barreira do Inferno Launch Center
Total launches	3
Failure(s)	1
First flight	2 April 1993
First stage – S40TM
Specific impulse	275 seconds (2.70 km/s)
Burn time	56 seconds
Second stage – S44M
Maximum thrust	33.24 kN (7,470 lbf)
Specific impulse	282 seconds (2.77 km/s)
Burn time	68 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

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

^ ^a ^b Brasileira, Força Aérea. "Projeto SARA continua, afirma Diretor de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial". Força Aérea Brasileira.
^ "O Foguete de sondagem VS-40". www.iae.cta.br. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
^ "VS-40". www.astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "S-40 Family". space.skyrocket.de.
^ "Sounding Rocket Campaigns « Andøya Rocket Range". Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ "Projeto SARA". www.iae.cta.br. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
^ "ANÁLISE DA ESTRUTURA INTERNA DO MÓDULO DE EXPERIMENTOS DO SARA SUBORBITAL" (PDF). www.inicepg.univap.br. 2008. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
^ "Alcântara sedia encontro que discute atividade espacial no País". Governo do Brasil.

External links

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[auto-1] Brasileira, Força Aérea. "Projeto SARA continua, afirma Diretor de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial". Força Aérea Brasileira.

[2] "O Foguete de sondagem VS-40". www.iae.cta.br. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.

[3] "VS-40". www.astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.

[skyrocket.de-4] "S-40 Family". space.skyrocket.de.

[5] "Sounding Rocket Campaigns « Andøya Rocket Range". Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-06-26.

[6] [1]^{[dead link]}

[7] "Projeto SARA". www.iae.cta.br. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.

[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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