VS-40
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The VS-40 is a Brazilian sounding rocket
using solid fuel
, stabilized aerodynamically, distributed between the first stage S-40TM (4,200 kg) engine and the second stage S-44 (810 kg) engine.
Sounding rocket
A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight. The origin of the term comes from nautical vocabulary, where to sound is to throw a weighted line from a ship into...
using solid fuel
Solid fuel
Solid fuel refers to various types of solid material that are used as fuel to produce energy and provide heating, usually released through combustion....
, stabilized aerodynamically, distributed between the first stage S-40TM (4,200 kg) engine and the second stage S-44 (810 kg) engine.
Flights
- VS-40 PT01 - "Operação Santa Maria" - 1993/04/02 - Qualifying flight for the S44 engine. 760 seconds in micro-gravity.
- VS-40 PT02 - "Operação Livramento" - 1998/03/21 - VAP-1 (Fokker) payload.
- VS-40 PT03 - intended for 2010
Characteristics
- Length (mm) 6725
- Payload Mass (kg) 500
- Diameter (mm) 1000
- Total takeoff mass (kg) 6,737
- Mass of propellantPropellantA propellant is a material that produces pressurized gas that:* can be directed through a nozzle, thereby producing thrust ;...
(kg) 5,054 - Structural mass (kg) 1,028
- Apogee (km) 650
- Microgravity time (s) 760
External links
- http://www.iae.cta.br/vs40.php
- http://www.aeb.gov.br/indexx.php?secao=lancadores