This list covers all satellites developed totally or partially in Brazil. Brazil does not currently have orbital launch capability and has historically had to rely on other countries.
List[edit]
Scientific and remote sensing[edit]
- Key
Destroyed during launch or on the pad.
Designation | Class | Launch | Deployment | Mission status | Summary | |||||
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Date | Site | Vehicle | Date | Orbit | Vehicle | |||||
1990s | ||||||||||
Dove-OSCAR 17 | Cubesat | 22 January 1990 | Kourou Space Centre | Ariane 40 H10 | 22 January 1990 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | Operated until March 1998.[1] | Brazil's first privately designed amateur radio satellite.[1] | |
SCD-1 | Satellite | 9 February 1993 | Kennedy Space Center | Pegasus 003/F3 | 9 February 1993 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation. | First satellite developed by INPE.[2] | |
SCD-2A | Satellite | 2 November 1997 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed at launch.[3] | Second satellite developed by INPE.[3] | |
SCD-2 | Satellite | 23 October 1998 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Pegasus | 23 October 1998 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation. | Third satellite developed by INPE.[4] | |
CBERS-1 | Satellite | 14 October 1999 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 14 October 1999 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | Decommissioned in August 2003.[5] | First satellite from the program CBERS.[6][7] | |
SACI-1 | Microsatellite | It lost contact shortly after entering orbit.[8] | It aimed to carry out university experiments selected by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. The programme was terminated after the loss of the second satellite.[9] | |||||||
SACI-2 | Microsatellite | 11 December 1999 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed at launch.[9] | ||
2000s | ||||||||||
CBERS-2 | Satellite | 21 October 2003 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 21 October 2003 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | Decommissioned in January 2009.[5] | Second satellite from the program CBERS.[10] | |
SATEC | Microsatellite | 25 August 2003 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed during pre-launch tests on the platform due to the 2003 Alcântara VLS accident.[11] | Developed by INPE.[11] | |
UNOSAT | Nanosatellite | Developed by University North of Paraná.[11] | ||||||||
CBERS-2B | Satellite | 19 September 2007 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 19 September 2007 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | Decommissioned in April 2010.[5] | Third satellite from the program CBERS.[12] | |
2010s | ||||||||||
CBERS-3 | Satellite | 9 December 2013 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Premature re-entry due to rocket failure.[13] | Fourth satellite from the program CBERS. | |
NanoSatC-Br 1 | Nanosatellite | 19 June 2014 | Dombarovsky Air Base | Dnepr | 19 June 2014 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation (2019).[14] | Developed under an agreement between UFSM and INPE.[15] | |
CBERS-4 | Satellite | 7 December 2014 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 7 December 2014 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | In operation. | Fifth satellite from the program CBERS.[16] | |
AESP-14 | Nanosatellite | 10 January 2015 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 v1.1 | 5 February 2015 | ISS | Kibō[17] | Considered inoperative after failing to open an antenna.[18] | Developed by INPE and ITA.[19] | |
SERPENS | Nanosatellite | 18 August 2015 | Tanegashima Space Center | H-IIB | 17 September 2015 | ISS | Kibō[20] | Re-entry on 27 March 2016.[21] | Project created by AEB in partnership with universities.[22] | |
Tancredo-1 | Picosatellite | 9 December 2016 | Tanegashima Space Center | H-IIB | 16 January 2017 | ISS | Kibō[23] | Re-entry on 18 October 2017.[24] | Educational project at the Tancredo Neves Municipal School in Ubatuba.[23] | |
ITASAT-1 | Microsatellite | 3 December 2018 | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 3 December 2018 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2020).[25] | Project developed by ITA, AEB and INPE.[25] | |
CBERS-4A | Satellite | 20 December 2019 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 20 December 2019 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | In operation (2021).[26] | Sixth satellite from the program CBERS.[27] | |
FloripaSat-1 | Nanosatellite | In operation (2020).[28] | Developed by students from UFSC in partnership with AEB.[28] | |||||||
2020s | ||||||||||
Amazônia-1 | Satellite | 28 February 2022 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV-C51 | 28 February 2022 | Polar orbit[29] | N/A | In operation (2021).[29] | Developed by INPE and AEB.[29] It is the first satellite developed and built entirely in Brazil.[30] | |
NanoSatC-Br 2 | Nanosatellite | 22 March 2021 | Baikonur Cosmodrome | Soyuz-2 | 22 March 2021 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation (2021).[31] | Built in partnership between INPE and UFSM.[32] | |
Pion-BR1 | Picosatellite | 13 January 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 13 January 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation (2022).[33] | Developed by PionLabs , it is the first Brazilian produced satellite developed by a startup.[34] | |
Alpha Crux | Picosatellite | 1 April 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 1 April 2022 | Low Earth orbit | N/A | In orbit (2022). | Developed by University of Brasília, in parternship with the Brazilian Space Agency.[35] | |
Carcará I | Microsatellite | 25 May 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 25 May 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2022). | Remote sensing radar satellite of the Brazilian Air Force, part of the Lessonia-1 Project, produced by the Finnish company ICEYE.[36][37][38] | |
Carcará II | ||||||||||
SPORT | Microsatellite | 21 November 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 21 November 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | Reentry in October 2023.[39] | Scintilation Prediction Observations Research Task, project developed in a paterneship between ITA, NASA, INPE and American universities.[40] | |
VCUB-1 | Nanosatelite | 15 April 2023 | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 15 April 2023 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2023). | Developed by the Brazilian joint-venture Visiona (Embraer and Telebrás), for Earth observation and data collection.[41] |
ProSAME[edit]
Projects going through the Procedure for Selection and Adoption of Space Missions of the Brazilian Space Agency.[42]
Name | Institution | Type |
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Under admission process
| ||
Missão Programa Microgravidade | AEB | Space sciences |
NanoMIRAX 2[43] | INPE | Astronomy |
SABIA-Mar | INPE / CONAE | Earth observation |
Galileo Solar Space Telescope[44] | INPE | Space sciences |
Under qualification process
| ||
Amazônia-1B | INPE | Earth observation |
AQUAE Mission[45] | INPE | |
BIOMESAT[46] | INPE | |
Constelação Catarina-Frota A[45] | INPE | |
CBERS-6 | INPE / CAST | |
EQUARS[47] | INPE | |
Garatéa-L | Airvantis | Moon orbiter[48] |
SelenITA | ITA | |
ITASAT 2 | ITA | Space climate[45] |
MAPSAR | INPE | Earth observation |
Telecommunication[edit]
Brazilian satellites, but produced abroad:
Satellite | Manufacturer | Rocket | Launch date | Status |
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1980s
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Brasilsat A1 | Spar Aerospace[49] | Ariane V12[50] | 8 February 1985[50] | Retired in March 2002.[50] |
Brasilsat A2 | Spar Aerospace[49] | Ariane 3[51] | 28 March 1986[51] | Retired in February 2004.[51] |
1990s
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Brasilsat B1 | Hughes[52] | Ariane V66[53] | 10 August 1994[53] | Retired in December 2010.[53] |
Brasilsat B2 | Hughes[52] | Ariane V71[54] | 28 March 1995[54] | Retired in June 2018[54] |
Brasilsat B3 | Hughes[52] | Ariane V105[55] | 4 February 1998[55] | Retired in August 2018.[55] |
2000s
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Brasilsat B4 | Hughes[52] | Ariane V131[56] | 17 August 2000[56] | Retired in June 2021[56] |
Estrela do Sul | SSL | Zenit-3SL[57] | 18 January 2004[57] | ? |
Star One C12 | / Thales Alenia Space | Ariane | 3 February 2005 | In operation. |
Star One C1 | / Thales Alenia Space[58] | Ariane #179[58] | 14 November 2007[58] | In operation.[58] |
Star One C2 | Alcatel-Lucent[59] | Ariane 5 | 18 April 2008[60] | Em operação. |
2010s
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Star One C3 | Orbital Sciences Corporation[61] | Ariane 5 | 10 November 2012 | In operation (2022).[62] |
Star One C4 | SSL | Ariane VA224[63] | 15 July 2015[63] | In operation.[63] |
Star One D1 | SSL[64] | Ariane | 21 December 2016 | In operation. |
SGDC-1 | / Thales Alenia Space[65] | Ariane 5[66] | 4 May 2017[66] | In operation (2020).[66] |
2020s
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Star One D2 | SSL | Ariane 5 VA2545[67] | 30 July 2021[67] | In operation (2021).[67] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "DOVE (DOVE-OSCAR 17, DO 17)". Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "SCD-1: um fenômeno do mundo dos satélites" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b Ricardo Bolanume Neto (1997-11-03). "Foguete brasileiro fracassa, é destruído e cai no mar". Folha de São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Satélite brasileiro SCD-2 completa 10 anos no dia 22 de outubro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2008-10-21. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b c Junior et al. 2011, p. 403.
- ^ Junior et al. 2011, p. 402.
- ^ "Lançamento CBERS-1" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "O vexame do Saci". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1999-10-27. Archived from the original on 2003-05-08. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b "Inpe cancela programa de microssatélites, após fracasso com Saci-2" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1999-12-12. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Lançamento CBERS-2" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b c Berquó et al. 2004, p. 14.
- ^ "Lançamento CBERS-2B" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Lançamento CBERS-3". 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Primeiro cubesat brasileiro completa 5 anos de operação em órbita" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Missão do NanosatC-Br1" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Lançamento CBERS-4" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "CUBESAT BRASILEIRO LANÇADO COM SUCESSO DA ESTAÇÃO ESPACIAL INTERNACIONAL" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-02-05. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Antena falha, e nanossatélite brasileiro não consegue entrar em operação" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "AESP-14". Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Nanossatélite Serpens está em órbita e tem sinais captados no Brasil" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Nanossatélite Serpens se desintegra na atmosfera terrestre" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Satélite desenvolvido em parceria com a UFSC é lançado no Japão" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b "Satélite de escola pública de Ubatuba, a bordo de foguete japonês, será enviado nesta sexta-feira para ISS" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Tancredo-1". Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b "Nanossatélite ITASAT 1 completa dois anos em órbita" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Primeiro satélite 100% brasileiro, Amazônia-1 é lançado ao espaço" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Lançamento CBERS 04A" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-07-08. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b "FloripaSat-1 completa sete meses na órbita da Terra e valida módulos de software e hardware" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
- ^ a b c "Imagens do satélite Amazonia-1 já estão disponíveis — e qualquer um pode acessar". 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Amazonia-1, o 1º satélite 100% brasileiro, é lançado com sucesso de base indiana" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-02-28. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Primeiros sinais do NanoSatC-BR2 recebidos com sucesso" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-03-23. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Após adiamento, satélite brasileiro NanoSatC-Br2 é colocado em órbita" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "SpaceX manda satélite brasileiro Pion-BR1 para o espaço" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "PION, o primeiro satélite brasileiro de uma startup, foi lançado pela SpaceX" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-01-13. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "UnB lança satélite que permite comunicação em áreas onde não há sinal de telefonia no país" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-04-03. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "SpaceX, empresa de Elon Musk, vai lançar satélites brasileiros" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ^ "Brasil envia dois satélites ao espaço em foguete da SpaceX; confira" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ^ "Sale of Finnish microsatellite to Brazil raises criticism". News. 2021-01-12. Retrieved 2022-05-25.
- ^ a b "Ata de Reunião da AEB" (PDF). Observatório AEB (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-02-19. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
- ^ "Satélite SPORT é lançado com sucesso!". Agência Espacial Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ "VCUB1, satélite desenvolvido pela Visiona, joint-venture entre a Embraer e a Telebras, é lançado nos EUA" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
- ^ "ProSAME". Observatório AEB (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ "Agência Espacial Brasileira investe na missão científica NanoMIRAX". Agência Espacial Brasileira (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ Soares, Fernanda (2023-09-25). "A Missão Telescópio Solar Espacial Galileo e a Batalha contra o Negacionismo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ a b c "AEB aprova novas missões espaciais para o Programa Espacial Brasileiro". Revista Foguetes Brasileiros (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "INPE e AEB realizam revisão da missão de sensoriamento remoto BiomeSat". MundoGEO (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ "Missão do satélite EQUARS é avaliada por especialistas do INPE e AEB". www.inpe.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ Nogueira, Salvador (2023-07-23). "Mensageiro Sideral: ITA construirá espaçonave para missão lunar com a Nasa". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-23.
- ^ a b "Brasilsat specifications". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c Jean-Philippe Donnio. "Brasilsat A1". The Satellite Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ a b c "Brasilsat A2". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c d "Brasilsat B's specifications". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Brasilsat B1". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Brasilsat B2". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Brasilsat B3". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Brasilsat B4". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b "Estrela do Sul". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c d "Brasilsat C1". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Star One C2 folheto" (PDF) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-13. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Embratel lança com sucesso o satélite Star One C2". 2008-04-18. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Embratel anuncia lançamento do satélite Star One C3" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Anatel prorroga direito de exploração do StarOne C3 para até 2029" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Brasilsat C4". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Sar One D1". Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ "Tecnologia absorvida do SGDC-1 potencializa desenvolvimento de produtos que podem ser comercializados globalmente" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Satélite Geoestacionário de Defesa e Comunicações Estratégicas completa 3 anos no espaço" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-05-04. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
- ^ a b c "Star One D2 da Embratel é colocado em órbita e deve iniciar operação em outubro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
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