List of Brazilian satellites

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SCD-2 being readied at Inpe

This list covers all satellites developed totally or partially in Brazil. Since Brazil does not currently have orbital launch capability and has historically had to rely on other countries.

Scientific and remote sensing

Key

     Destroyed during launch or on the pad.

Designation Class Launch Deployment Mission status Summary
Date Site Vehicle Date Orbit Vehicle
1990s
Dove-OSCAR 17 Cubesat 22 January 1990 France Kourou Space Centre France 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 United States Kennedy Space Center United States 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 Brazil Alcântara Space Center Brazil 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 United States Cape Canaveral Space Force Station United States Pegasus 23 October 1998 Low Earth Orbit N/A In operation. Third satellite developed by INPE.[4]
CBERS-1 Satellite 14 October 1999 China Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center China 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 Brazil Alcântara Space Center Brazil VLS-1 V2 N/A N/A N/A Destroyed at launch.[9]
2000s
CBERS-2 Satellite 21 October 2003 China Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center China 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 Brazil Alcântara Space Center Brazil 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 China Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center China 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 China Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center China 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 [pt] Nanosatellite 19 June 2014 Russia Dombarovsky Air Base Ukraine 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 China Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center China 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 United States Cape Canaveral Space Force Station United States Falcon 9 v1.1 5 February 2015 ISS Japan Kibō[17] Considered inoperative after failing to open an antenna.[18] Developed by INPE and ITA.[19]
SERPENS [pt] Nanosatellite 18 August 2015 Japan Tanegashima Space Center Japan H-IIB 17 September 2015 ISS Japan Kibō[20] Re-entry on 27 March 2016.[21] Project created by AEB in partnership with universities.[22]
Tancredo-1 Picosatellite 9 December 2016 Japan Tanegashima Space Center Japan H-IIB 16 January 2017 ISS Japan Kibō[23] Re-entry on 18 October 2017.[24] Educational project at the Tancredo Neves Municipal School in Ubatuba.[23]
ITASAT-1 [pt] Microsatellite 3 December 2018 United States Vandenberg Air Force Base United States 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 [pt] Satellite 20 December 2019 China Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center China Long March 4B 20 December 2019 Sun-synchronous orbit N/A In operation (2021).[26] Sixth satellite from the program CBERS.[27]
FloripaSat-1 [pt] Nanosatellite In operation (2020).[28] Developed by students from UFSC in partnership with AEB.[28]
2020s
Amazônia-1 Satellite 28 February 2022 India Satish Dhawan Space Centre India 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 [pt] Nanosatellite 22 March 2021 Russia Baikonur Cosmodrome Russia 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 United States Cape Canaveral Space Force Station United States Falcon 9 Block 5 13 January 2022 Low Earth Orbit N/A Reentry (2024).[33] Developed by PION Labs, it is the first Brazilian produced satellite developed by a startup.[34]
Alpha Crux Picosatellite 1 April 2022 United States Cape Canaveral Space Force Station United States Falcon 9 Block 5 1 April 2022 Low Earth orbit N/A In orbit (2022). Developed by University of Brasília, in partnership with the Brazilian Space Agency.[35]
Finland Carcará I Microsatellite 25 May 2022 United States Cape Canaveral Space Force Station United States 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]
Finland Carcará II
SPORT Microsatellite 21 November 2022 United States Cape Canaveral Space Force Station United States 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 United States Vandenberg Air Force Base United States 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

Projects going through the Procedure for Selection and Adoption of Space Missions of the Brazilian Space Agency.[42]

7 December 2023 meeting[39]
Name Institution Type
Under admission process
Missão Programa Microgravidade Brazil AEB Space sciences
NanoMIRAX 2[43] Brazil INPE Astronomy
SABIA-Mar Brazil INPE / Argentina CONAE Earth observation
Galileo Solar Space Telescope[44] Brazil INPE Space sciences
Under qualification process
Amazônia-1B Brazil INPE Earth observation
AQUAE Mission[45] Brazil INPE
BIOMESAT[46] Brazil INPE
Constelação Catarina-Frota A[45] Brazil INPE
CBERS-6 Brazil INPE / China CAST
EQUARS[47] Brazil INPE
Garatéa-L Brazil Airvantis Moon orbiter[48]
SelenITA Brazil ITA
ITASAT 2 Brazil ITA Space climate[45]
MAPSAR Brazil INPE Earth observation

Telecommunication

Brazilian satellites, but produced abroad:

Satellite Manufacturer Rocket Launch date Status
1980s
Brasilsat A1 Canada Spar Aerospace[49] France Ariane V12[50] 8 February 1985[50] Retired in March 2002.[50]
Brasilsat A2 Canada Spar Aerospace[49] France Ariane 3[51] 28 March 1986[51] Retired in February 2004.[51]
1990s
Brasilsat B1 United States Hughes[52] France Ariane V66[53] 10 August 1994[53] Retired in December 2010.[53]
Brasilsat B2 United States Hughes[52] France Ariane V71[54] 28 March 1995[54] Retired in June 2018[54]
Brasilsat B3 United States Hughes[52] France Ariane V105[55] 4 February 1998[55] Retired in August 2018.[55]
2000s
Brasilsat B4 United States Hughes[52] France Ariane V131[56] 17 August 2000[56] Retired in June 2021[56]
Estrela do Sul United States SSL Ukraine Zenit-3SL[57] 18 January 2004[57] ?
Star One C12 France/Italy Thales Alenia Space France Ariane 3 February 2005 In operation.
Star One C1 France/Italy Thales Alenia Space[58] France Ariane #179[58] 14 November 2007[58] In operation.[58]
Star One C2 France Alcatel-Lucent[59] France Ariane 5 18 April 2008[60] Em operação.
2010s
Star One C3 United States Orbital Sciences Corporation[61] France Ariane 5 10 November 2012 In operation (2022).[62]
Star One C4 United States SSL France Ariane VA224[63] 15 July 2015[63] In operation.[63]
Star One D1 United States SSL[64] France Ariane 21 December 2016 In operation.
SGDC-1 France/Italy Thales Alenia Space[65] France Ariane 5[66] 4 May 2017[66] In operation (2020).[66]
2020s
Star One D2 United States SSL France Ariane 5 VA2545[67] 30 July 2021[67] In operation (2021).[67]

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