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

VSB-30 V07 rocket
Function	Sounding rocket
Manufacturer	Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço
Country of origin	Brazil
Size
Height	12,6 m
Diameter	0.57 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

VSB-30 rocket assembly

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 therefore 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 0.57 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.