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Alcantara VLS
Part of Alcantara
VLS launch complex.
First Launch: 1997-11-02. Last Launch: 2003-08-22. Number: 3 . Longitude: -44.38 deg. Latitude: -2.28 deg.
Country:
Brazil.
Spacecraft:
SCD,
SACI,
SATEC,
Unosat.
Launch Vehicles:
VLS-1.
Launch Sites:
Alcantara.
1997 November 2 - .
12:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Alcantara.
Launch Complex:
Alcantara VLS.
LV Family:
Sonda.
Launch Vehicle:
VLS-1.
FAILURE: Destroyed during launch..
Failed Stage: 1.
- SCD-2A - .
Mass: 115 kg (253 lb). Nation: Brazil.
Agency: AEB.
Manufacturer: INPE.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: SCD.
Apogee: 3.00 km (1.80 mi). The SCD-2A (Data Collection Satellite 2A) was a Brazilian satellite designed for the collection of meteorological data relayed by data collection platforms spread throughout the Brazilian territory..
1999 December 11 - .
18:25 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Alcantara.
Launch Complex:
Alcantara VLS.
LV Family:
Sonda.
Launch Vehicle:
VLS-1.
FAILURE: Second stage failed to ignite; destroyed by range safety..
Failed Stage: 2.
- SACI-2 - .
Mass: 80 kg (176 lb). Nation: Brazil.
Agency: AEB.
Manufacturer: INPE.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: SACI.
Apogee: 10 km (6 mi). Second attempted launch of Brazil's indigenous launcher..
2003 August 22 - .
16:30 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Alcantara.
Launch Complex:
Alcantara VLS.
LV Family:
Sonda.
Launch Vehicle:
VLS-1.
FAILURE: Failure - Exploded on pad during final prelaunch processing. 21 people were killed, with none injured..
Failed Stage: 1.
- SATEC - .
Payload: SATEC. Mass: 57 kg (125 lb). Nation: Brazil.
Agency: INPE.
Class: Technology.
Type: Navigation technology satellite. Spacecraft: SATEC.
COSPAR: F20030822A.
Launch was due on August 25. Was to have been on third qualification flight after two previous failures. The launch had already been delayed from October 2002, then May 7 and June 20 2003. It appeared that one of the strapon boosters ignited by accident. The two satellite payloads were also destroyed in the blast, as was the launch pad.
- Unosat - .
Payload: Unosat. Mass: 9.00 kg (19.80 lb). Nation: Brazil.
Agency: Parana.
Class: Technology.
Type: Technology satellite. Spacecraft: Unosat.
COSPAR: F20030822B.
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