VS-15

VS-15
Size
Function	Sounding rocket
Country of origin	Brazil
Stages	1
Launch history
Status	Cancelled in 2013
Launch sites	Alcântara
First stage - L15
Engines	1
Thrust	15 kN ^[1]
Fuel	liquid rocket

The VS-15 is a Brazilian sounding rocket. It consists of a single, liquid fuel recoverable stage, based on the new L15 engine (with 15 kN of thrust).^[2]^[1] It would mainly qualify the L15 engine in flight. The engine development project was canceled in 2013.^[3]

Characteristics

Thrust = 15kN
ISP = 321s

References

Brazilian space program

Satellites

Active	SCD CBERS

In development	Amazônia SGDC Flora Hiperspectral SABIA-Mar SARA LATTES GEOMET CLE SAR AST

Sounding
rockets

Active	Sonda VS-30 VSB-30 VS-40 Fogtrein

Canceled	VS-15

Launch
vehicles

In development	VLM

Canceled	VLS-1 (Cruzeiro do Sul" launcher family) Tsyklon-4 (collaboration with Ukraine)

Launch sites

Organisation

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