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. 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.
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