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The VS-30 is a Brazilian
It consists of a single, solid-fuelled stage, and has been launched from Alcântara,
On its own, it can reach an
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sounding rocket
A sounding rocket or rocketsonde, sometimes called a research rocket or a suborbital rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The rockets are used to ...
, derived from the Sonda 3
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, ...
sounding rocket's first stage.Encyclopedia Astronautica - VS-30It consists of a single, solid-fuelled stage, and has been launched from Alcântara,
Maranhão
Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...
, and Parnamirim
Parnamirim is a city in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, next to the state capital city of Natal and part of its metropolitan area.
Natal Air Force Base - ALA10, one of the most important bases of the Brazilian Air Force, is located in ...
, Rio Grande do Norte
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, in Brazil, and Andøya
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in Norway.
It has been launched both on its own, or in the VS-30/Orion configuration, with an American Orion upper stage.Encyclopedia Astronautica - VS-30/OrionOn its own, it can reach an
apogee
An apsis (; ) is the farthest or nearest point in the orbit of a planetary body about its primary body. For example, the apsides of the Earth are called the aphelion and perihelion.
General description
There are two apsides in any ellip ...
of 140 kilometres, and with an Orion upper stage, it can reach an apogee of 434 kilometres. The VS-30 is also used as the upper stage of the VSB-30
VSB-30 - "''Veículo de Sondagem Booster – 30''" (Booster Sounding Vehicle) or "''Foguete Suborbital VSB-30''" is the designation of a Brazilian sounding rocket, which replaced the Skylark rocket at ''Esrange''.
The VSB-30 is based on the VS- ...
rocket.
VS-30
* VS-30 XV-01 -"DLR AL-VS30-223 test" - 1997 April 28 - Apogee: 128 km * VS-30 XV-02 -"DLR AL-VS30-226" Aeronomy mission - 1997 October 12 - Apogee: 120 km * VS-30 XV-03 -"DLR AL-VS30-229" Aeronomy mission - 1998 January 31 - Apogee: 120 km * VS-30 XV-04 -"Operação São Marcos" Microgravity mission - 1999 March 15 - Apogee: 128 km * VS-30 XV-05 -"Lençois Maranhenses" Microgravity mission - 2000 February 6 - Apogee: 148 km * VS-30 XV-06 -"Cuma Microgravity mission" - 2002 December 1 - Apogee: 145 km * VS-30 V07 -"Angicos GPS technology mission" - 2007 December 16 - Apogee: 120 km * VS-30 V08 -"Operação Brasil-Alemanha" - 2011 December 2 - * VS-30 V09 -WADIS
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1 - 28.06.2013
* VS-30 V10 - MAPHEUS 4 - 5.07.2013
* VS-30 V13 - EPL-MEL5 ("Estágio Propulsivo a Propelente Líquido") - "Operação Raposa"- 2014 September 1 - L5 liquid rocket engine test for 90s, total flight time 3m34s - 2014 September 1
* VS-30 V11 - WADIS 2 - 2015 March 5
* VS-30 V12 - SPIDER / LEEWAVES - 2016 February 2
* VS-30 V124 - "Operação MUTITI" - 2018 September 12 - Apogee: 120 km
VS-30 Orion
*VS-30 Orion - XV-01 - 21.08.2000 - "Baronesa" *VS-30 Orion - XV-02 - 23.11.2002 - "Piraperna" *VS-30 Orion - V03 - 27.10.2005 - SHEFEX 1 (DLR) *VS-30 Orion - V04 - 31.01.2008 - ARR HotPay-2 *VS-30 Orion - V05 - 05.12.2008 - ICI 2 *VS-30 Orion - V08 - 03.12.2011 - ICI 3 *VS-30 Orion - V06 - 23.04.2012 - HIFiRE 5 *VS-30 Orion - V07 - 13.09.2012 - HIFiRE 3 *VS-30 Orion - V10 - 08.12.2012 - "Iguaiba" *VS-30 Orion - V09 - 18.09.2013 - cramSpace1 (launch failure) *VS-30 Orion - V11 - 19.02.2015 - ICI 4 *VS-30 Orion - - 18.05.2016 - HIFiRE 5bCharacteristics
*Length (mm) 7428 *Payload Mass (kg) 260 *Diameter (mm) 557 *Total takeoff mass (kg) 1460 *Apogee (km) 160See also
*VSB-30
VSB-30 - "''Veículo de Sondagem Booster – 30''" (Booster Sounding Vehicle) or "''Foguete Suborbital VSB-30''" is the designation of a Brazilian sounding rocket, which replaced the Skylark rocket at ''Esrange''.
The VSB-30 is based on the VS- ...
*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 configura ...
References
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