Sonda
Engine · Brazil
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Credit: NASA
Brazilian sounding rocket, missile, and orbital launch vehicle using various arrangements of solid rocket motors up to 1.01 m in diameter.
Subtopics
VLS - Brazilian satellite launcher building on successful family of sounding rockets.- Sonda 1 Brazilian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sonda 1-1 + 1 x Sonda 1-2
- Sonda 2 Brazilian sounding rocket. Single stage vehicle.
- Sonda 3 Brazilian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sonda 3-1 + 1 x Sonda 2A
- Sonda 3 M1 Brazilian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sonda 3-1 + 1 x Sonda 2M
- Sonda 4 Brazilian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-43 + 1 x Sonda 3-1
- VLS Brazilian satellite launcher building on successful family of sounding rockets.
- VLS-R1 Brazilian all-solid test vehicle. Single stage vehicle.
- VLS-R2 2 stage vehicle consisting of 4 x VLS-R2 Strapon + 1 x VLS-R2.
- MB/EE-150 Brazilian short range ballistic missile.
- MB/EE-350 Brazilian short range ballistic missile.
- MB/EE-600 Brazilian intermediate range ballistic missile.
- VS-30 Brazilian sounding rocket. Single stage suborbital launch vehicle.
- VLS-1 Brazilian all-solid orbital launch vehicle.
- VLM Brazilian satellite launcher using core of VLS only. Planned for launch of microsatellites. First launch 2002 or later.
- VS-30/Orion Brazilian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x Sonda 3-1 + 1 x Orion
- VSB-30 Brazilian two stage sounding rocket consisting of 1 x S-31 plus 1 x S-30. It replaced the British Skylark for suborbital flights from Kiruna.
- VS-40 Brazilian sounding rocket. Two stage vehicle consisting of 1 x S-40TM + 1 x S-44
- SS-1000 Brazilian intermediate range ballistic missile.
- SS-300 Brazilian short range ballistic missile.
- SS-60 Brazilian tactical ballistic missile.
SS-25 Brazilian tactical ballistic missile.
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Chronology
113 events
1965 April 1
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 5
13:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
13:38 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
14:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
14:50 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
14:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
15:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
15:22 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1966 November 12
15:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Cassino. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 1.1973 September 26
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 26
15:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 26
16:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 26
21:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 27
00:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 27
05:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 27
07:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1973 September 27
13:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1976 February 26
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3. FAILURE: Failure.1976 September 21
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1977 March 31
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1977 October 19
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1978 April 26
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1978 September 27
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1979 August 23
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1980 August 27
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1980 December 22
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1981 December 10
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1982 June 30
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1982 September 8
21:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1982 September 13
21:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1982 September 17
20:56 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1982 September 18
20:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1983 June 1
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1983 October 31
22:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3. FAILURE: Failure.1983 November 14
10:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Wallops Island. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3. FAILURE: Failure.1984 July 26
18:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1984 November 21
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 4.1985 November 19
13:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 4.1985 December 1
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VLS-R1. FAILURE: Failure.1985 December 11
23:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1986 November 1
01:59 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1987 November 8
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 4. FAILURE: Failure.1989 March 28
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 4.1989 May 18
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VLS-R2.1990 February 21
Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1990 November 26
Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1990 November 30
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1991 April 29
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1991 December 9
21:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1992 June 1
02:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1992 October 31
Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1993 March 22
Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1993 April 2
10:34 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-40.1993 November 17
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1994 June 22
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1995 December 19
01:17 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.1996 August 28
Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 2.1997 April 28
16:42 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.1997 October 12
01:19 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.1997 November 2
12:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. Launch Complex: Alcantara VLS. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VLS-1. FAILURE: Destroyed during launch.. Failed Stage: 1.- SCD-2A - . Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: Brazil. Agency: AEB. Manufacturer: INPE. Class: Technology. Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: SCD. Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi). The SCD-2A (Data Collection Satellite 2A) was a Brazilian satellite designed for the collection of meteorological data relayed by data collection platforms spread throughout the Brazilian territory..
1998 January 31
23:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.1998 March 21
Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-40.1999 March 15
09:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.1999 December 11
18:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. Launch Complex: Alcantara VLS. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VLS-1. FAILURE: Second stage failed to ignite; destroyed by range safety.. Failed Stage: 2.- SACI-2 - . Mass: 80 kg (176 lb). Nation: Brazil. Agency: AEB. Manufacturer: INPE. Class: Technology. Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: SACI. Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). Second attempted launch of Brazil's indigenous launcher..
2000 February 6
16:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.2000 August 21
20:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2000 December 9
12:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.2002 May 12
04:47 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: Sonda 3.2002 November 23
22:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2002 December 1
12:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30. FAILURE: Failure.2003 August 22
16:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. Launch Complex: Alcantara VLS. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VLS-1. FAILURE: Failure - Exploded on pad during final prelaunch processing. 21 people were killed, with none injured.. Failed Stage: 1.- SATEC - .
Payload: SATEC. Mass: 57 kg (125 lb). Nation: Brazil.
Agency: INPE.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: SATEC.
COSPAR: F20030822A.
Launch was due on August 25. Was to have been on third qualification flight after two previous failures. The launch had already been delayed from October 2002, then May 7 and June 20 2003. It appeared that one of the strapon boosters ignited by accident. The two satellite payloads were also destroyed in the blast, as was the launch pad.
- Unosat - . Payload: Unosat. Mass: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb). Nation: Brazil. Agency: Parana. Class: Technology. Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Unosat. COSPAR: F20030822B.
2004 October 23
16:51 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- Cajuana test - .
Nation: Brazil.
Agency: AEB.
Apogee: 240 km (140 mi).
Unguided test launch. During the 45 seconds total burn time of both motors the vehicle was accelerated to a final velocity of 1676 m/s. The payload segment with an approximate weight of 400 kg was carried to an apogee height of almost 240 km, which was reached 252 seconds after lift-off. At T+650 seconds the payload landed 190 km northeast of the launch site in the ocean, only 700 meters from the nominal impact point.
2005 October 27
13:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2005 December 1
09:04 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS EML-1/TEXUS 42 Microgravity mission - .
Nation: Sweden.
Agency: DLR,
SSC.
Apogee: 263 km (163 mi).
This was the first launch of the Brazilian sounding rocket VSB-30, replacing the British Skylark, from Esrange. The speed when leaving the launcher was about 60 m/s and after 45 seconds of acceleration the max speed was over 200 m/s. During the flight the experiments onboard spent approximately 6 minutes of microgravity and all experiments worked successfully. The payload was brought back for analysis at Esrange by helicopter within one hour after landing.
2006 May 10
08:12 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 43 Microgravity mission - . Nation: Sweden. Agency: DLR, SSC. Apogee: 237 km (147 mi). The TEXUS 43 mission gave around six minutes of microgravity to the 407 kg payload contributed by five investigators from three different institutes.
2007 July 19
15:13 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.2007 December 16
09:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.2008 January 31
19:14 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2008 February 7
11:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- DLR TEXUS 44 (EML-2) - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 264 km (164 mi).
2008 February 21
06:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- DLR TEXUS 45 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi).
2008 May 15
04:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.2008 December 5
10:35 GMT - . Launch Site: SvalRak. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.- ARR ICI-2 - . Nation: Sweden.
2009 November 22
11:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 46 - . Nation: Sweden. European and Japanese microgravity experiments.
2009 November 29
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 47 - . Nation: Sweden. Microgravity experiments.
2010 December 12
15:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- MICROG 1A - . Nation: Brazil. Apogee: 242 km (150 mi). Microgravity payload..
2011 March 29
05:01 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 49 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 268 km (166 mi). Microgravity experiments..
2011 November 27
09:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 48 - . Nation: Germany. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). DLR/Astrium microgravity payload..
2011 December 2
22:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Natal. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.- VS30 V08 - . Nation: Brazil. Apogee: 173 km (107 mi).
2011 December 3
07:21 GMT - . Launch Site: SvalRak. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.- ICI-3 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 354 km (219 mi).
2012 February 13
09:32 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- MASER 12 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 260 km (160 mi). Microgravity payload..
2012 April 23
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2012 September 13
Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2012 December 8
21:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.- AEB VS30/O V10 - . Nation: Brazil. Apogee: 428 km (265 mi). Ionosphere instruments..
2013 April 12
04:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 50 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 261 km (162 mi). Microgravity mission.
2013 June 27
23:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2013 July 15
05:53 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.- MAPHEUS 4 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 151 km (93 mi). Microgravity mission.
2013 September 18
13:18 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.2014 September 2
02:02 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.- EPL-ME - . Nation: Brazil. Apogee: 130 km (80 mi). Test of Brazi's first liquid propulsion system, the 5 kN LOX/ethanol EPL L5, as a second stage on a VS-30 sounding rocket..
2015 February 19
22:06 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.- ICI-4 - . Nation: Norway. Apogee: 365 km (226 mi). Aurora payload..
2015 February 22
07:52 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- Cryofenix - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 265 km (164 mi). Technology payload..
2015 March 5
01:44 GMT - . Launch Site: Andoya. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.- WADIS 2 - . Nation: Norway. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). Atmospheric science payload..
2015 April 23
07:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 51 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 261 km (162 mi). Microgravity payload..
2015 April 27
04:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 52 - . Nation: Sweden. Apogee: 255 km (158 mi). Microgravity payload..
2015 December 1
05:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- MASER 13 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). Microgravity mission. Impacted in ESRANGE B Zone, Sweden..
2016 January 23
08:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 53 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 252 km (156 mi). Microgravity mission. Impacted in ESRANGE Zone B..
2016 February 2
21:09 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.- SPIDER/LEEWAVES - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 138 km (85 mi). Auroral mission. Impacted in ESRANGE Zone B..
2016 May 18
00:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30/Orion.- HiFire-5B - . Nation: Australia. Apogee: 278 km (172 mi). Hypersonic vehicle test mission. Impacted in Woomera Range. Joint US/Australian hypersonic-research flight..
2017 January 23
02:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- MAIUS-1 - . Nation: USA. Apogee: 238 km (147 mi). Physics mission. Impacted in ESRANGE..
2017 May 13
09:20 GMT - . Launch Site: Kiruna. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- MAPHEUS 6 - . Apogee: 254 km (157 mi). Microgravity mission. Impacted ESRANGE B zone..
2017 July 9
Launch Site: Woomera. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- HiFire-4 - . Nation: Australia. Apogee: 300 km (180 mi). Hypersonic mission. Impacted Woomera Range..
2018 May 13
08:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Esrange. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 54 - . Apogee: 261 km (162 mi). Microgravity mission. Impacted Esrange B zone..
2018 May 31
04:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Esrange. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VSB-30.- TEXUS 55 - . Apogee: 255 km (158 mi). Microgravity mission. Impacted Esrange B zone..
2018 December 9
15:43 GMT - . Launch Site: Alcantara. LV Family: Sonda. Launch Vehicle: VS-30.- PSR-01 - . Nation: Brazil. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). Technology mission. Impacted Atlantic.