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VS-30: Overview & S-30 rocket engine

The VS-30 is a Brazilian sounding rocket, developed by the Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço and derived from the Sonda 3 sounding rocket first stage. It consists of a single, solid-fuelled S-30 stage, and has been launched from Alcântara, Maranhão and Barreira do Inferno, Rio Grande do Norte, in Brazil, and Andøya and Svalbard Rocket Range in Norway.

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VS-30 topic overview

The analysis highlights Overview and S-30 rocket engine as prominent areas in the source structure around VS-30.

Related topics
14
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
16
Extracted relationships
44
Concept neighborhoods
12
Bridge connections
16

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 12 topics
S-30 rocket engine · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Burn time
20 seconds · 32 seconds
Country of origin
Brazil
Diameter
0.56 m (1.83 ft) · 0.35 m
Failure
1
First flight
April 28, 1997
Function
Sounding rocket

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

S-30 rocket engine

  • VLS VLS-1
  • HTPB Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How VS-30 connects Entity context

The extracted context around VS-30 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, VS-30 → AEB, Aeronáutica, Aerospace Science, Brazilian Department, Brazilian Space Agency, DCTA, Espaço, IAE, Instituto, It, S-30, Sonda, Technology, The S-30, The VS-30, VLS, VS-30 Orion, VSB-30 Another extracted example is VS-30 → EPL-ME, Estágio Propulsivo, List, Propelente Líquido, VS-30 Orion. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

VS-30

Top relations

related to S-30 rocket engine · 18
VS-30 → AEB, Aeronáutica, Aerospace Science, Brazilian Department, Brazilian Space Agency, DCTA, Espaço, IAE, Instituto, It, S-30, Sonda, Technology, The S-30, The VS-30, VLS, VS-30 Orion, VSB-30
related to Flights · 5
VS-30 → EPL-ME, Estágio Propulsivo, List, Propelente Líquido, VS-30 Orion
Burn time · 2
VS-30 → 20 seconds, 32 seconds
Diameter · 2
VS-30 → 0.35 m, 0.56 m (1.83 ft)
Height · 2
VS-30 → 2.8 m, 5 m (16.40 ft)
Maximum thrust · 2
VS-30 → 102.00 kN (22,930 lbf), 7 kN (1,600 lbf)
Powered by · 2
VS-30 → 1 Aerojet M112 dual-thrust solid rocket motor, 1× S-30 solid rocket motor
Country of origin · 1
VS-30 → Brazil
Failure · 1
VS-30 → 1
First flight · 1
VS-30 → April 28, 1997

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

rocket stage s-30 orion sounding upper vsb-30 also motor instituto de aeronáutica espaço barreira inferno alcântara andøya brazilian developed used

VS-30 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 44 structured relationships around VS-30. Examples in this analysis include VS-30 → Burn time → 20 seconds and VS-30 → Burn time → 32 seconds. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
VS-30Burn time20 seconds1.00infobox
VS-30Burn time32 seconds1.00infobox
VS-30Country of originBrazil1.00infobox
VS-30Diameter0.56 m (1.83 ft)1.00infobox
VS-30Diameter0.35 m1.00infobox
VS-30Failure11.00infobox
VS-30First flightApril 28, 19971.00infobox
VS-30FunctionSounding rocket1.00infobox
VS-30Height5 m (16.40 ft)1.00infobox
VS-30Height2.8 m1.00infobox
VS-30Launch sitesAlcântara Andøya Barreira do Inferno Svalbard Rocket Range1.00infobox
VS-30ManufacturerInstituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço1.00infobox
VS-30Mass1,400 kg (3,000 lb)1.00infobox
VS-30Maximum thrust102.00 kN (22,930 lbf)1.00infobox
VS-30Maximum thrust7 kN (1,600 lbf)1.00infobox
VS-30Powered by1× S-30 solid rocket motor1.00infobox
VS-30Powered by1 Aerojet M112 dual-thrust solid rocket motor1.00infobox
VS-30PropellantAP / HTPB1.00infobox
VS-30Stages1 or 21.00infobox
VS-30StatusActive1.00infobox
VS-30is aBrazilian sounding rocket0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around VS-30 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Flight, Flights and Launch. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • sounding rocket
    • Motor
    • Rocket
    • Sounding
    • Engine
    • First
    • Flights
    • S-30
    • Diameter
    • Kg
    • Mass
    • Aeronáutica
    • De
  • alcântara
    • Andøya
    • Brazil
    • Range
    • Svalbard
    • Barreira
    • Inferno
    • S-30
    • Burn
    • Engine
    • First
    • Flight
    • Flights
  • barreira do inferno
    • Inferno
    • Andøya
    • Brazil
    • Flight
    • Launch
    • Range
    • Svalbard
    • S-30
    • Burn
    • Engine
    • First
    • Flights
  • andøya
    • Brazil
    • Range
    • Svalbard
    • Barreira
    • Inferno
    • S-30
    • Burn
    • Engine
    • First
    • Flight
    • Flights
    • Kn
  • svalbard rocket range
    • Svalbard
    • Motor
    • Sounding
    • S-30
    • Diameter
    • Kg
    • Mass
    • Stage
    • Vs-30
    • Burn
    • Engine
    • Flight
  • improved orion
    • Stage
    • Also
    • Upper
    • Used
    • Vs-30
    • S-30
    • Apogee
    • Burn
    • Engine
    • Flight
    • Flights
    • Kn
  • s-30 rocket engine
    • Motor
    • Sounding
    • S-30
    • Diameter
    • Kg
    • Mass
    • Alcântara
    • Andøya
    • Brazil
    • Engine
    • Flights
    • Range
  • vsb-30
    • Also
    • Used
    • Burn
    • Kn
    • Rocket
    • Seconds
    • Stage
    • Thrust
    • Time
    • Vs-30
    • Diameter
    • Kg

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For VS-30, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects VS-30 with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
VS-30 — Overview · splits 4 ⟂ 13
VS-30 — S-30 rocket engine · splits 14 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

VS-30

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples44
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around VS-30 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Overview & S-30 rocket engine, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — VS-30 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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