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VSB-30 - "''Veículo de Sondagem Booster – 30''" (Booster Sounding Vehicle) or "''Foguete Suborbital VSB-30''" is the designation of a Brazilian
*Length (mm) 12600
*Stages 2
*Payload Mass (kg) 400
*Diameter (mm) 570
*Total takeoff mass (kg) 2570
*Apogee (km) 270
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History of Brazilian space launchers: VSB-30
Space Agency of Brazil: VSB-30
{{Brazil space program Sounding rockets of Brazil Space program of Brazil
VSB-30 - "''Veículo de Sondagem Booster – 30''" (Booster Sounding Vehicle) or "''Foguete Suborbital VSB-30''" is the designation of a Brazilian 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 ...
, which replaced the Skylark
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rocket at ''Esrange
Esrange Space Center (short form Esrange) is a rocket range and research centre located about 40 kilometers east of the town of Kiruna in northern Sweden. It is a base for scientific research with high-altitude balloons, investigation of the au ...
''.
The VSB-30 is based on the VS-30 rocket (S-30 engine) with the addition of a booster stage (S-31 engine). Development started in 2000 in cooperation with DLR.
The rocket can carry a payload of 400 kg to an altitude of 270 km. It has a liftoff thrust of 240 kN and a total mass of 2570 kg. It has a diameter of 0.57 m and a length of 12.6 m.
VSB-30 was first launched on October 23, 2004, at Alcântara Launch Center
Alcantara, Alcântara ( Portuguese), Alcántara ( Spanish), Alcàntara, Alcàntera, El-Qantarah and (El) Kantara are all transliterations of the Arabic word ''al qantara'' (القنطرة), meaning "the bridge".
Alcantara may refer to:
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. The first launch at ''Esrange'' took place on December 1, 2005.
Flights
* VSB-30 XV-01 - "Cajuana test" - 2004 October 23 - Apogee: 240 km * VSB-30 V02 -" TEXUS EML-1/TEXUS 42 Microgravity mission" - 2005 December 1 - Apogee: 263 km * VSB-30 V03 -"TEXUS 43 Microgravity mission" - 2006 May 10 - Apogee: 237 km * VSB-30 V04 -"Cuma II
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Microgravity mission" - 2007 July 19 - Apogee: 242 km
* VSB-30 V05 -"DLR TEXUS 44 (EML-2)" - 2008 February 7 - Apogee: 264 km
* VSB-30 V06 -"DLR TEXUS 45" - 2008 February 21 - Apogee: 270 km
* VSB-30 V08 -"MASER
A maser (, an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation) is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification by stimulated emission. The first maser was built by Charles H. Townes, James ...
11" - 2008 May 15 - Apogee: 252 km
* VSB-30 V09 -"TEXUS 46" - 2009 November 22
* VSB-30 V10 -"TEXUS 47" - 2009 November 29
* VSB-30 V07 -" MICROG 1A" - 2010 December 12 - Apogee: 242 km
* VSB-30 V15 -"TEXUS 49" - 2011 March 29 - Apogee: 268 km
* VSB-30 V14 -"TEXUS 48" - 2011 March 29 - Apogee: 268 km
* VSB-30 V16 -"MASER 12" - 2012 February 13 - Apogee: 259 km
* VSB-30 V17 -"TEXUS 50" - 2013 April 12
* VSB-30 V20 -" CRYOFENIX" - 2015 February 22
* VSB-30 V13 -"HIFiRE 7" - 2015 March 30
* VSB-30 V18 -"TEXUS 51" - 2015 April 23
* VSB-30 V21 -"TEXUS 52" - 2015 April 27
* VSB-30 V24 -Mapheus 5
Mapheus 5 was a German Aerospace Center VSB-30 sounding rocket launched to on 30 June 2015 from the Esrange Space Center
Esrange Space Center (short form Esrange) is a rocket range and research centre located about 40 kilometers east of th ...
- 2015 July 30
* VSB-30 V22 -"MASER 13" - 2015 December 1
* VSB-30 V23 -"TEXUS 53" - 2016 January 23
* VSB-30 V11 - "MICROG 2" - 07.12.2016
* VSB-30 V19 - "MAIUS 1" - 23.01.2017
* VSB-30 - MAPHEUS 6 - 13.05.2017
* VSB-30 V12 - "HIFiRE 4a / HIFiRE 4b" - 30.06.2017
* VSB-30 - "MASER-14" - 24.06.2019 - Apogee: 260 km
* VSB-30 - "TEXUS-56" - 15.11.2019 09:35 (UTC) - Apogee: 256 km
* VSB-30 14-X S - "Cruzeiro Operation" - 14 December 2021 - Apogee: 280 km
* VSB-30 - "TEXUS-57" - 01.10.2022 06:26 (UTC)
* VSB-30 V29 - "Operação Santa Branca" (MQ-PSM) - 23 October 2022 - Apogee: 227 km
* VSB-30 - "S1X-3/MASER 15" - 23 November 2022 - Apogee: 260 km
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Characteristics
*Length (mm) 12600
*Stages 2
*Payload Mass (kg) 400
*Diameter (mm) 570
*Total takeoff mass (kg) 2570
*Apogee (km) 270
Stages
S-30 solid rocket stage: *Gross Mass 1,200 kg (2,646 lb) *Unfuelled mass: 341 kg (752 lb) *Height: 3.30 m (10.80 ft) *Diameter: 0.56 m (1.83 ft) *Thrust: 102.00 kN (22,930 lbf) *Burn time: 20 s S-31 solid rocket stage. *Gross Mass 900 kg (1,984 lb) *Unfuelled mass: 284 kg (626 lb) *Height: 3.20 m (10.40 ft) *Diameter: 0.56 m (1.83 ft) *Thrust: 240.00 kN (53,950 lbf) *Burn time: 11 sSee also
*VS-30
The VS-30 is a Brazilian sounding rocket, derived from the Sonda 3 sounding rocket's first stage.
*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 ...
* List of rockets
There are several different types of rockets. The following articles contain lists of rockets by type:
* List of missiles
* List of orbital launch systems
* List of sounding rockets
* List of military rockets
* List of rocket stages
See also
* C ...
References
External links
History of Brazilian space launchers: VSB-30
Space Agency of Brazil: VSB-30
{{Brazil space program Sounding rockets of Brazil Space program of Brazil