VLS-1
Sign in to saveThe VLS-1 () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle would have been capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equator.
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- VLS-1Veículo Lançador de Satélites
- Rocket.image
- 80px
- Rocket.caption
- VLS-1
- Rocket.function
- Orbital launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- CTA
- Rocket.country origin
- Brazil
- Rocket.stages
- 3
- Rocket.status
- Cancelled
- Rocket.sites
- Alcântara VLS Pad
- Rocket.launches
- 2
- Rocket.fail
- 2
- Rocket.other_outcome
- 1 (pad explosion in 2003)
- Rocket.first
- 2 November 1997(VLS-1 V01)
- Rocket.last
- 11 December 1999(VLS-1 V02)
- Rocket.success
- 0
- Rocket/payload.location
- low Earth orbit
- Rocket/stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/stage.name
- S-44
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- Vls 1 v03.jpg
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- VLS-1 schedule
- Initial flight test schedule
- Final schedule
- VLS Configurations
- VLS-R1 test vehicle (1985)
- VLS-R2 test vehicle (1989)
- VLS-XVI 01 sub-orbital test vehicle (2016, planned)
- VLS-1 operational configuration (2018, planned)
- Developments
- VLM
- "Cruzeiro do Sul" (Southern Cross) program
- VLS Alfa
- VLS Beta
- VLS Gama
- VLS Delta
- VLS Epsilon
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
The VLS-1 () was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle would have been capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equator.
Associated vehicles include the Sonda I, Sonda II, Sonda III and Sonda IV, the VS-30, VS-40 and VSB-30.
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