Launch Failure

VLS-1 | SCD-2A

Name: VLS-1 | SCD-2A
Start: 1997-11-02T12:25:00.000Z
End: 1997-11-02T12:25:00.000Z
Location: Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil

November 2, 1997 at 12:25 PM UTC

Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil

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November 2, 1997 at 12:25 PM UTC

Status: Launch Failure · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

VLS Pad

Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil · -2.3177, -44.3700

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Rocket: VLS-1
Launch site: VLS Pad
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: November 2, 1997 at 12:25 PM UTC
Window closes: November 2, 1997 at 12:25 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 4:25 AM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

VLS-1

VLS · 1

Height

19.5 m

Diameter

1.01 m

LEO capacity

120 kg

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Launch complex

VLS Pad

Alcântara Space Center, Federative Republic of Brazil

The Alcântara Space Center, formerly known as Alcântara Launch Center is a space center and launching facility of the Brazilian Space Agency in the city of Alcântara, located on Brazil's northern Atlantic coast, in the state of Maranhão.

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