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.
![]() VSB-30 V07 rocket launch | |
Function | Sounding rocket |
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Manufacturer | Institute of Aeronautics and Space |
Country of origin | Brasilien |
Size | |
Height | 12.6 m |
Diameter | 0.56 m |
Mass | 2,570 kg |
Stages | 2 |
Capacity | |
Payload to Suborbital flight | |
Altitude | 270 km |
Mass | 400 kg |
Launch history | |
Status | Active |
Launch sites | Alcântara Esrange |
First flight | 23 October 2004 |
First stage – S-31 | |
Height | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
Diameter | 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in) |
Empty mass | 284 kg (626 lb) |
Gross mass | 900 kg (2,000 lb) |
Maximum thrust | 240 kN (54,000 lbf) |
Burn time | 11 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
Second stage – S-30 | |
Height | 3.3 m (11 ft) |
Diameter | 0.56 m (1 ft 10 in) |
Empty mass | 341 kg (752 lb) |
Gross mass | 1,200 kg (2,600 lb) |
Maximum thrust | 102 kN (23,000 lbf) |
Burn time | 20 seconds |
Propellant | Solid |
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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.[1] The rocket can carry a payload of 400 kg to an altitude of 270 km.[1] It has a liftoff thrust of 240 kN and a total mass of 2570 kg. It has a diameter of 0.56 m and a length of 12.6 m.
VSB-30 was first launched on October 23, 2004, at Alcântara Launch Center. The first launch at Esrange took place on December 1, 2005.
Flights
editVSB-30 performed the following flights:[2][3][4]
Date | Flight | Website | Name | Apogee |
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23 October 2004 | XV-01 | Alcântara | Cajuana test | 240 km |
1 December 2005 | V02 | Esrange | TEXUS EML-1/TEXUS 42 Microgravity mission | 263 km |
10 May 2006 | V03 | Esrange | TEXUS 43 Microgravity mission | 237 km |
19 July 2007 | V04 | Alcântara | Cuma II Microgravity mission | 242 km |
7 February 2008 | V05 | Esrange | DLR TEXUS 44 (EML-2) | 264 km |
21 February 2008 | V06 | Esrange | DLR TEXUS 45 | 270 km |
15 May 2008 | V08 | Esrange | MASER 11 | 252 km |
22 November 2009 | V09 | Esrange | TEXUS 46 | |
29 November 2009 | V10 | Esrange | TEXUS 47 | |
12 December 2010 | V07 | Alcântara | MICROG 1A | 242 km |
29 March 2011 | V15 | Esrange | TEXUS 49 | 268 km |
29 March 2011 | V14 | Esrange | TEXUS 48 | 268 km |
13 February 2012 | V16 | Esrange | MASER 12[5] | 259 km[5] |
12 April 2013 | V17 | Esrange | TEXUS 50 | |
22 February 2015 | V20 | Esrange | CRYOFENIX | |
30 March 2015 | V13 | Andøya | HIFiRE 7 | |
23 April 2015 | V18 | Esrange | TEXUS 51 | |
27 April 2015 | V21 | Esrange | TEXUS 52 | |
30 July 2015 | V24 | Esrange | Mapheus 5 | |
1 December 2015 | V22 | Esrange | MASER 13 | |
23 January 2016 | V23 | Esrange | TEXUS 53 | |
7 December 2016 | V11 | Alcântara | MICROG 2 | |
23 January 2017 | V19 | Esrange | MAIUS 1 | |
13 May 2017 | V24 | Esrange | MAPHEUS 6 | |
30 June 2017 | V12 | Woomera | HIFiRE 4a / HIFiRE 4b | |
13 May 2018 | V26 | Esrange | TEXUS 54 | |
31 May 2018 | V27 | Esrange | TEXUS 55 | |
24 June 2019 | V?? | Esrange | MASER-14 | 260 km |
15 November 2019 | V?? | Esrange | TEXUS-56 | 256 km |
14 December 2021 | V32 | Alcântara | Cruzeiro Operation (14-X S)[6] | 280 km[6] |
1 October 2022 | V?? | Esrange | TEXUS-57 | |
23 October 2022 | V29 | Alcântara | Operação Santa Branca (MQ-PSM) | 227 km |
23 November 2022 | V?? | Esrange | S1X-3/MASER 15 (SubOrbital Express 3) | 260 km |
24 April 2023 | V?? | Esrange | TEXUS-58 | 250 km |
2 December 2023 | V?? | Esrange | MAIUS-2 | 234 km |
15 February 2024 | V?? | Esrange | TEXUS-59 | 264.5 km |
24 March 2024 | V?? | Esrange | TEXUS-60 | 251.7 km |
Characteristics
editVSB-30 has the following configuration:
- Length (mm): 12600
- Stages: 2
- Payload Mass (kg): 400
- Diameter (mm): 570
- Total takeoff mass (kg): 2570
- Apogee (Max km): 270
Stages
editS-30 solid rocket stage
edit- 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
edit- 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 s
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "VSB-30 - IAE". iae.dcta.mil.br. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "VSB-30". Archived from the original on 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2015-08-05.
- ^ "S-30 family". space.skyrocket.de.
- ^ "VSB-30". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ a b "IAE Lança Com Sucesso Mais um Foguete VSB-30".
- ^ a b "FAB realiza primeiro teste de voo do motor aeronáutico hipersônico 14-X - Força Aérea Brasileira". www.fab.mil.br. Retrieved 2022-04-15.
External links
edit- History of Brazilian space launchers: VSB-30 (in Portuguese)
- Space Agency of Brazil: VSB-30 (in Portuguese)