VSB-30 sounding rocket: history of flight performance

AUTOR(ES)

Garcia, Alexandre, Yamanaka, Sidney Servulo Cunha, Barbosa, Alexandre Nogueira, Bizarria, Francisco Carlos Parquet, Jung, Wolfgang, Scheuerpflug, Frank

FONTE

J. Aerosp. Technol. Manag.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2011-12

RESUMO

Abstract: The VSB-30 vehicle is a two-stage, unguided, rail launched sounding rocket, consisting of two solid propellant motors, payload, with recovery and service system. By the end of 2010, ten vehicles had already been launched, three from Brazil (Alcântara) and seven from Sweden (Esrange). The objective of this paper is to give an overview of the main characteristics of the first ten flights of the VSB-30, with emphasis on performance and trajectory data. The circular 3σ dispersion area for payload impact point has around 50 km of radius. In most launchings of such vehicle, the impact of the payload fell within 2 sigma. This provides the possibility for further studies to decrease the area of dispersion from the impact point.

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