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.
VSB-30 V07 rocket launch | |
| Function | Sounding rocket |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Institute of Aeronautics and Space |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Size | |
| Height | 12,6 m |
| Diameter | 0.56 m |
| Mass | 2,570 kg |
| Stages | 2 |
| Capacity | |
| Payload to Suborbital (270 km) | |
| Mass | 400 kg |
| Launch history | |
| Status | Active |
| Launch sites | Alcântara Esrange |
| First flight | 2004 October 23 |
| First stage - S-31 | |
| Engines | 1 Solid |
| Thrust | 240.00 kN |
| Burn time | 11 seconds |
| Propellant | Solid |
| Second stage S-30 | |
| Engines | 1 Solid |
| Thrust | 102.00 kN |
| Burn time | 20 seconds |
| Propellant | Solid |
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 0.56 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.
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