The VLS-1 was the Brazilian Space Agency's main satellite launch vehicle. The launch vehicle was to be capable of launching satellites into orbit. The launch site was located at the Alcântara Launch Center due to its proximity to the equator.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 1,172 kN
- Height
- 19.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.01 m
- Launch mass
- 50 t
- Stages
- 3
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 120 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
2
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
0%
0 of 2
Current success streak
0
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- VLS-1 | SACI-2 — Failure
- VLS-1 | SCD-2A — Failure