A technical issue prevented, this Wednesday (21/12), the carrying out of the experimental launch of the HANBIT-TLV rocket in conjunction with a private company from another nation, from the Alcântara Launch Center (CLA), in the Maranhão.
The rocket ed all safety tests and received approval for the final phase of the flight with no problems. Now, professionals from the South Korean company Innospace and from the Alcântara Launch Center are already conducting a detailed technical assessment so that the problem is identified and remedied and can, while maintaining safety, carry out a next launch on a new date to be defined.
Even so, the Operation is considered partially successful, considering all the steps taken before the launch attempt. These phases include the t operation between the Brazilian institutions and the South Korean company in the development of new technologies, the evolution of the structure of the Alcântara Launch Center, the complex rocket transport logistics and, also, the gains for the national industry and for the commerce and service sector around the Center.
“Research and development activities for technologies associated with the Space area have, intrinsically, a higher level of uncertainty and associated risk, but important lessons were learned so that the technical issues associated with the Operation’s originality can be overcome for future launches”, he pointed out. the General Coordinator of Operation Astrolábio, Colonel Aviador Rodrigo José Fontes de Almeida.
About the rocket and the payload
The HANBIT-TLV is a satellite launcher that measures 16,5 meters and weighs 8,4 tons. The rocket, developed by the company Innospace, uses a patented electric pump power system, in addition to hybrid technology, that is, with propellants based on liquid oxygen and a mixture of paraffins, which provides stable chemical composition, faster manufacturing and of lower cost.
The vehicle is equipped with a payload called the Inertial Navigation System (SISNAV), developed by military and civilian professionals from the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), which is part of the DCTA.
SISNAV is an essential Brazilian technological experiment for autonomous rocket navigation, which will allow Brazil a big step towards independence in the development of vehicles for launching satellites of all kinds. The SISNAV Project is part of the Navigation and Control System (SISNAC), planned for the FAB Microsatellite Launch Vehicle (VLM), focused on low orbits in the so-called New Space.
This mission promotes the technical and operational development of the teams involved in of hybrid propulsion technology, evaluation of SISNAV's in-flight performance and tracking, transmission and data reception systems. In this way, the Brazilian Space Program will be strengthened, showing the world Brazil's capacity to develop aerospace technologies.
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