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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 sub-orbital flight
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
Gross mass	4,200 kg (9,300 lb)
Specific impulse	275 seconds (2.70 km/s)
Burn time	56 seconds
Second stage – S44M
Gross mass	810 kg (1,790 lb)
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 and stabilized aerodynamically.

The original version, VS-40, uses the S-40TM (4,200 kg) first stage engine and the S-44M (810 kg) second stage engine. This configuration corresponds to the upper stages of the VLS-1 rocket.

Version VS-40M used a S-40M engine for the first stage.

Flights

VS40 performed the following flights:

A flight of VS-40M carrying "SARA Suborbital 2" was planned but eventually cancelled. A future flight of VS-40M carrying HIFiRE 8 is in development.

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

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.
4. ^ "S-40 Family". space.skyrocket.de.
5. "VS-40 - IAE". iae.dcta.mil.br. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
6. ^ "Projeto SARA". www.iae.cta.br. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011.
7. ^ "ANÁLISE DA ESTRUTURA INTERNA DO MÓDULO DE EXPERIMENTOS DO SARA SUBORBITAL" (PDF). www.inicepg.univap.br. 2008. Retrieved 2019-06-12.
8. ^ "Alcântara sedia encontro que discute atividade espacial no País". Governo do Brasil.
9. ^ "Sounding Rocket Campaigns « Andøya Rocket Range". Archived from the original on 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
10. ^
11. "VS-40 - IAE". iae.dcta.mil.br. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
12. ^ Fan, Ricardo (2015-11-13). "FAB lança foguete VS-40 nesta sexta-feira". DefesaNet (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-03.

External links

• O Foguete de sondagem VS-40
• Agência Espacial Brasileira :: Veículos Lançadores
• SHEFEX 2 at Andoya Rocket Range

v t e Brazilian space program
Science and technology in Brazil
Satellites	Programs SCD CBERS SGDC Amazônia In development ASTER Flora Hiperspectral SABIA-Mar SARA LATTES GEOMET GSST
Sounding rockets	Active Sonda VS-30 VSB-30 VS-40 Fogtrein Canceled VS-15
Launch vehicles	In development VLM VS-50 Canceled VLS-1 ("Cruzeiro do Sul" launcher family) Tsyklon-4 (collaboration with Ukraine)
Launch sites	Barreira do Inferno Launch Center Alcântara Launch Center
Organisation	Brazilian Space Agency National Institute for Space Research Aeronautics Institute of Technology Aerospace Technology and Science Department
Missions	VLS-1 V01 V02 V03 Missão Centenário Garatéa-L
International programs	Artemis Space Program (collaboration with the United States and 10 other countries)

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