VS-40

{{Infobox rocket

|name = VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40)

|image = Foguete VS 40.jpg

|caption = VS-40 rocket on display in Brazil

|function = Sounding rocket

|manufacturer =

|country-origin = Brazil

|height = {{cvt|9.5|m}}

|diameter = {{cvt|1.01|m}}

|mass = {{cvt|6800|kg}}

|stages = 2

|capacities =

{{Infobox rocket/payload

|location = sub-orbital flight

|altitude = {{cvt|650|km}}

|mass = {{cvt|500|kg}}}}

|status = Active

|sites = Alcântara Space Center, Andøya Space, Barreira do Inferno Launch Center

|launches = 3

|fail = 1{{cite web|url=http://www.fab.mil.br/noticias/mostra/23713/ESPA%C3%87O+-+Projeto+SARA+continua,+afirma+Diretor+de+Ci%C3%AAncia+e+Tecnologia+Aeroespacial|title=Projeto SARA continua, afirma Diretor de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial|first=Força Aérea|last=Brasileira|website=Força Aérea Brasileira}}

|first = 2 April 1993

|stagedata=

{{Infobox rocket/stage

|stageno = First

|type = stage

|name = S40TM

|number = 1

|gross={{cvt|4200|kg}}

|solid = yes

|total = {{cvt|208.39|kN}}

|SI = {{convert|275|isp}}

|burntime = 56 seconds

}}

{{Infobox rocket/stage

|stageno = Second

|type = stage

|name = S44M

|number = 1

|gross= {{cvt|810|kg}}

|solid = yes

|thrust = {{cvt|33.24|kN}}

|SI = {{convert|282|isp}}

|burntime = 68 seconds

}}

}}

The VS-40 (Foguete Suborbital VS-40) is a Brazilian sounding rocket using solid fuel and stabilized aerodynamically.

The original version, VS-40, uses the S-40TM (4,200 kg) first stage engine and the S-44M (810 kg) second stage engine.{{cite web |date=2011 |title=O Foguete de sondagem VS-40 |url=http://www.iae.cta.br/?action=vs40 |website=www.iae.cta.br |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214162613/http://www.iae.cta.br/?action=vs40 |archive-date=14 December 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vs40.htm|title=VS-40|website=www.astronautix.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191123/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/vs40.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web |title=S-40 Family |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_fam/s-40.htm |website=space.skyrocket.de}} This configuration corresponds to the upper stages of the VLS-1 rocket.{{Cite web |title=VS-40 - IAE |url=https://iae.dcta.mil.br/index.php/todos-os-projetos/todos-os-projetos-desenvolvidos/menu-vs-40 |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=iae.dcta.mil.br}}

Version VS-40M used a S-40M engine for the first stage.