S-40 family

Sonda-4

VS-40

VLS-1

Version Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4
Sonda-4 S-40 S-30 - -
VS-40 S-40TM S-44 - -
VS-40M S-40M S-44 - -
VS-43 S-43 S-44 - -
VLS-1 4 x S-43 S-43TM S-40TM S-44
VLM S-43 S-40TM S-44 S-33
VLM-1 S-50 S-50 ? S-44 -
Performance (kg) LEO LPEO SSO GTO GEO MolO IP
VLS-1 380 250 80 - - - -
VLM 100 67 18 - - - -
Nr TypeNr  Serial   Vehicle    Date              LS         Payload

 1    1    PT-01    Sonda-4    21.11.1984  *     BdI LC-6   ?
 2    2    PT-02    Sonda-4    19.11.1985  *     BdI LC-6   ?
 3    3    PT-03    Sonda-4    08.10.1987  *  F  BdI LC-6   ?
 4    4    PT-04    Sonda-4    28.04.1989  *     BdI LC-6   ?
 5    1    PT-01    VS-40      02.04.1993  *     Al         ?
 6    1    V01      VLS-1      02.11.1997  *  F  Al         SCD 2A
 7    2             VS-40      21.03.1998  *     Al         (Micro g)
 8    2    V02      VLS-1      11.12.1999  *  F  Al         SACI 2
(9)  (3)   V03      VLS-1      22.08.2003  *  F% Al         SATEC / UNOSAT 1


Planned:

 x    1             VS-40M     xx.xx.2011  *     And        SHEFEX II
 x    1             VLS-1      xx.xx.2015  *     Al         SHEFEX III