The VS-40 (''Foguete Suborbital VS-40'') is a Brazilian

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, 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

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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 -

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) 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 *Mass of

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(kg) 5,054 *Structural mass (kg) 1,028 *Apogee (km) 650 *Microgravity time (s) 760

References

External links

O Foguete de sondagem VS-40

Agência Espacial Brasileira :: Veículos Lançadores

SHEFEX 2 at Andoya Rocket Range
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