LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Failure
Sun Nov 02 1997
Brazilian Space Agency

SCD-2A

Launch Failure
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(12:25 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(12:25 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(12:25 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

VLS-1

Description:

he 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.

VLS-1 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • The satellites of the SCD (Satelites de Coleta de Dados) series are equipped to collect and transmit meteorological and environmental data collected by automatic platforms (PCD) installed on land or on oceanic buoys. The data is relayed to one or more ground stations.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Alcântara Launch Center, Federative Republic of Brazil

Pad

VLS Pad