VLS-1
The ''VLS-1'' () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equator. Associated vehicles include the Sonda I, Sonda II, Sonda III and Sonda IV, the VS-30, VS-40 and VSB-30. The VLS was cancelled after decades of development and high expenditures with poor results and a failed association with Ukraine that slowed the program for years. History VLS-1 development started in 1984, after the first launch of the Sonda IV rocket. To date, three prototypes have been built and two launches attempted, departing from the Alcântara Launch Center. During the V1 and V2 prototype launches (VLS-1 V1 and VLS-1 V2) technical problems prevented mission success, but allowed the testing of several vehicle components. The V3 prototype exploded on the launch pad on 22 August 2003, two days before its intended launch d ...
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VLS-1
The ''VLS-1'' () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equator. Associated vehicles include the Sonda I, Sonda II, Sonda III and Sonda IV, the VS-30, VS-40 and VSB-30. The VLS was cancelled after decades of development and high expenditures with poor results and a failed association with Ukraine that slowed the program for years. History VLS-1 development started in 1984, after the first launch of the Sonda IV rocket. To date, three prototypes have been built and two launches attempted, departing from the Alcântara Launch Center. During the V1 and V2 prototype launches (VLS-1 V1 and VLS-1 V2) technical problems prevented mission success, but allowed the testing of several vehicle components. The V3 prototype exploded on the launch pad on 22 August 2003, two days before its intended launch d ...
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2003 Alcântara VLS Accident
The 2003 Alcântara VLS accident was an accident during the Brazilian Space Agency's third attempt to launch the VLS-1 rocket, which was intended to launch two satellites into orbit. The rocket ignited on its launch pad at the Alcântara Launch Center, killing 21 people. Background The rocket, proposed in 1979 had until the accident two launch attempts: one in 1997, which ended up in the Atlantic Ocean due to the failure of one of the first stage engines to start and another in 1999, destroyed remotely due to a flame penetrating the top of the second stage block 3 minutes after takeoff. Operation São Luís Besides being the third flight of the VLS-1, the operation had as objectives the launch of the satellites UNOSAT and SATEC in to orbit; verify the CLA's ability to perform type launches and the use of the CLBI as a tracking station. The transportation of materials for V03 started on August 23, 2002 and stopped on April 16, 2003. The operation was restarted on July 1, an insp ...
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VLS-1 V02
VLS-1 V02 was the second flight of the VLS-1 rocket on December 11, 1999 from the Alcântara Launch Center, with the objective of placing the SACI-2 microsatellite in Earth orbit. The rocket was remotely destroyed 3 minutes after launch. Origins The mission had the objectives of placing the SACI-2 satellite in orbit at 750 kilometers from Earth, after SACI-1, launched by China, was lost due to a transmitter failure, and of continuing the certification process of the VLS rocket. It was the second launch of VLS-1, with the first being lost shortly after launch. The launch campaign was called "Operation Almenara" and happened after the necessary modifications after the first accident had been made. The total cost of the operation was US$ 7.4 million and budget constraints prevented a test launch before the official launch. In March 1999 the preparations at the Alcântara Launch Center were already underway. On June 18, Defense Minister Élcio Álvares observed the rocket's assembly a ...
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Brazilian Space Agency
The Brazilian Space Agency ( pt, Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's Space exploration, space program. It operates a spaceport at Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara, Alcântara, and a rocket launch site at Centro de Lançamento de Barreira do Inferno, Barreira do Inferno. It is the largest and most prominent space agency in Latin America. The Brazilian Space Agency is the institutional successor of Brazilian space program, Brazil's space program, which had been managed by the Military of Brazil, Brazilian military until its transfer to civilian control on 10 February 1994. It suffered a major setback in 2003, when a Brazilian rocket explosion, rocket explosion killed 21 technicians. Brazil successfully launched its first rocket into space, the VSB-30, on 23 October 2004 from the Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara, Alcântara Launch Center; several other successful launches have followed. Brazil was briefly a partn ...
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VLS-1 V01
VLS-1 V01 was the first launch of the VLS-1 rocket that took place on November 2, 1997, from the Alcantara Space Center with the objective of putting the Satélite de Coleta de Dados#SCD-2A, SCD-2A satellite into orbit. The launch was unsuccessful after the rocket was remotely destroyed due to deviation from its trajectory. Background and goals The VLS-1 rocket was originally proposed in 1979 as part of the having its first launch originally planned for 1989, then in 1994, 1995, and finally in 1997 it had its first prototype ready within "Operation Brazil", with the objective of placing in orbit the Satélite de Coleta de Dados#SCD-2A, SCD-2A satellite, developed by National Institute for Space Research, INPE, and to test the vehicle in flight. The first prototype of the VLS was 80% Brazilian technology. The satellite would be placed in an orbit at an altitude of 750 kilometers. On July 1 the equipment was sent to the Alcântara Launch Center, Alcântara base and both the rocket a ...
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VLM (rocket)
The VLM (''Veículo Lançador de Microssatélites'') is a proposed three-stage satellite launcher being developed by the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology in collaboration with Germany. The project originated in 2008 as a simplified version of the VLS-1 rocket, using only the core stages. The first launch is currently planned for no earlier than 2023. A version based on the S-50 rocket engine is being developed, with the objective of launching satellites of up to 150 kg into equatorial circular orbits at 300 km altitude. VLM-1 description The VLM-1 vehicle is designed to deliver up to payloads to a 300 km equatorial circular orbit. VLM-1 is projected to have a total mass of , including 10 tons of propellant. The first two stages will use the S-50 solid fuel engine, with the third using the same S-44 engine as in the VS-40 sounding rocket. * Stage 1: S-50 rocket engine * Stage 2: S-50 rocket engine * Stage 3: S-44 rocket engine Launches will be from the ...
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VS-40
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. 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. * VS-40 PT-02 - "''Operação Livramento''" - 1998/03/21 - VAP-1 (Fokker) payload. * VS-40M / SHEFEX II - 2012/06/22 - ''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'' - Failure (exploded on pad) * VS-40M - in development - HIFiRE 8 * VS-40M - Canceled - ''SARA Suborbital 2'' Characteristics *Length (mm) 6725 *Payload Mass (kg) 500 *Diameter (mm) 1000 *Total takeoff mass (kg) 6,737 * ...
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VLS Beta
VLS may refer to: * Vapor-Liquid-Solid method, a method of growing nanocrystals *Vermont Law School *Vertical Launching System for firing missiles *Von Luschan's chromatic scale of skin colour *West Flemish, a dialect in Belgium, ISO 639-3 code * Vertical Lift System, a style of Scissor doors *VideoLAN Server *Valk Last Slot, a set of speedcubing algorithms See also *VLS-1 The ''VLS-1'' () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the e ...

VLS Alfa
VLS may refer to: * Vapor-Liquid-Solid method, a method of growing nanocrystals *Vermont Law School *Vertical Launching System for firing missiles *Von Luschan's chromatic scale of skin colour *West Flemish, a dialect in Belgium, ISO 639-3 code * Vertical Lift System, a style of Scissor doors *VideoLAN Server *Valk Last Slot, a set of speedcubing algorithms See also *VLS-1 The ''VLS-1'' () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equa ...

Vls 1 V03
VLS may refer to: * Vapor-Liquid-Solid method, a method of growing nanocrystals *Vermont Law School *Vertical Launching System for firing missiles *Von Luschan's chromatic scale of skin colour *West Flemish, a dialect in Belgium, ISO 639-3 code * Vertical Lift System, a style of Scissor doors *VideoLAN Server *Valk Last Slot, a set of speedcubing algorithms See also *VLS-1 The ''VLS-1'' () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equa ...

VLS Gama
VLS may refer to: * Vapor-Liquid-Solid method, a method of growing nanocrystals *Vermont Law School *Vertical Launching System for firing missiles *Von Luschan's chromatic scale of skin colour *West Flemish, a dialect in Belgium, ISO 639-3 code * Vertical Lift System, a style of Scissor doors *VideoLAN Server *Valk Last Slot, a set of speedcubing algorithms See also *VLS-1 The ''VLS-1'' () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equa ...

Sonda (rocket)
Sonda is a family of Brazilian-built sounding rockets which serves as an R&D path to the VLS ( pt, Veículo Lançador de Satélites) orbital rocket. Launches started in 1965 and continue to this day. Launch sites include Wallops Island, Andoya, Kiruna, Natal, Alcântara, Cassino and SvalRak. Sonda I The Sonda I is a two stage rocket (S10-1 + S-10-2 rocket stages) with a maximum flight altitude of 65 km, a liftoff thrust of 27 kN a total mass of 100 kg, a diameter of 11 cm and a length of 4.5 metres. It was launched 9 times between 1965 and 1966. Sonda II The Sonda II is a single stage rocket (S-20 rocket stage) with a maximum flight altitude of 180 km, a Liftoff Thrust of 36.00 kN, a total mass of 400 kg, a core Diameter of 0.30 m and a total Length of 5.60 m. It was launched 7 times between 1990 and 1996. Sonda III Sonda III is a two stage rocket available in three versions, the Sonda III (S30 + S-20 rocket stages), the Sonda III M1 ( ...
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