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Type: Orbital Launch Site. Operator: Brazil. Country: Brazil. Latitude: -2.36517 deg. Longitude: -44.37740 deg. Minimum Inclination: 2.0 degrees. Maximum Inclination: 100.0 degrees. Sounding rocket and orbital launch site. Used for 53 known launches from 1990 to 2007. The launch complex for Brazil's indigenous VLS orbital booster was located here. Launch Pads
General / Launch Complex Unknown Chronology 1990 February 21 - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 2 XV-53 Alcantara Ionosphere mission Agency: INPE/IAE. Apogee: 101 km (62 mi). 1990 November 26 - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 2 XV-54 Manival Ionosphere mission Agency: INPE/IAE. Apogee: 91 km (56 mi). 1991 December 9 - 21:05 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 2 XV-55 Aguas Belas Aeronomy mission Agency: INPE/IAE. Apogee: 88 km (54 mi). 1992 June 1 - 02:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 3 XV-24 Aeronomy mission Agency: IAE. Apogee: 282 km (175 mi). 1992 October 31 - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 2 XV-56 Ponta de Areia Ionosphere mission Agency: INPE/IAE. Apogee: 32 km (19 mi). 1993 March 22 - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 2 XV-57 Maruda Ionosphere mission Agency: INPE/IAE. Apogee: 102 km (63 mi). 1993 April 2 - 10:34 GMT - Launch Vehicle: VLS. VS-40 PT-01 Test mission Agency: INPE. Apogee: 950 km (590 mi). 1994 August 16 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 17 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 18 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 19 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 19 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 19 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 19 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 19 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 19 - 15:08 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.102GE GUARA MALTED / CADRE Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 125 km (77 mi). 1994 August 20 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 20 - 02:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.103GE GUARA MALTED / CADRE Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 125 km (77 mi). 1994 August 21 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 22 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 23 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 24 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 24 - 13:39 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.105GE GUARA MALTED / CADRE Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 127 km (78 mi). 1994 August 25 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 25 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 25 - Launch Vehicle: Viper. Viper Sphere GUARA MET Aeronomy mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 90 km (55 mi). 1994 August 25 - 01:43 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Hawk. Nike Orion NASA 31.104GE GUARA MALTED / CADRE Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 126 km (78 mi). 1994 September 9 - 13:33 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 5C . Black Brant VC NASA 21.110GE GUARA Electrojet Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1994 September 21 - 13:56 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 5C . Black Brant VC NASA 21.111GE GUARA Electrojet Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1994 September 23 - 21:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.226UE GUARA Sunset Electrodynamics Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). 1994 September 23 - 21:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.225UE GUARA Sunset Electrodynamics Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). 1994 September 24 - 21:15 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.228UE GUARA Sunset Electrodynamics Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). 1994 September 24 - 21:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Tomahawk Sandia. Nike Tomahawk NASA 18.227UE GUARA Sunset Electrodynamics Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA GSFC. Apogee: 270 km (160 mi). 1994 October 6 - 13:22 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 5C . Black Brant VC NASA 21.112GE FAILURE: Failure. GUARA Electrojet Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1994 October 14 - 22:55 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 10 . Black Brant X NASA 35.030IE GUARA High Altitude Spread F Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 956 km (594 mi). 1994 October 15 - 13:41 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Black Brant. LV Model: Black Brant 5C . Black Brant VC NASA 21.113GE GUARA Electrojet Ionosphere mission Agency: NASA. Apogee: 120 km (70 mi). 1995 December 19 - 01:17 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Sonda 3 XV-26? Ionosphere mission Agency: IAE. Apogee: 406 km (252 mi). 1997 April 28 - 16:42 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VS-30 XV-01 DLR AL-VS30-223 test Agency: INPE/DLR. Apogee: 128 km (79 mi). 1998 March 21 - Launch Vehicle: VLS. Test mission Agency: INPE. Apogee: 900 km (550 mi). 1999 March 15 - 09:52 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VS-30 XV-04 Operacao San Marcos Microgravity mission Agency: AEB. Apogee: 128 km (79 mi). 2000 February 6 - 16:37 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VS-30 XV-05 Lencois Maranhenses Microgravity mission Agency: AEB. Apogee: 148 km (91 mi). 2000 August 21 - 20:14 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VS-30/Orion XV-01 Baronesa Microgravity mission Agency: AEB/DLR. Apogee: 315 km (195 mi). 2002 November 23 - 22:18 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VS-30/Orion XV-02 Piraperna Ionosphere mission Agency: AEB. Apogee: 434 km (269 mi). 2002 December 1 - 12:33 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VS-30 XV-06 FAILURE: Failure. Cuma Microgravity mission Agency: AEB. Apogee: 145 km (90 mi). 2004 October 23 - 16:51 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. VSB-30 XV-01 Cajuana test 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. 2007 July 19 - 15:13 GMT - Launch Vehicle: Sonda. Cuma II Microgravity mission Agency: AEB. Apogee: 242 km (150 mi). Contact us with any corrections, additions, or comments. Conditions for use of drawings, pictures, or other materials from this site.. To contact astronauts or cosmonauts. © Mark Wade, 1997 - 2008 except where otherwise noted. |
