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.
List Scientific and remote sensing Key
DesignationClassLaunchDeploymentMission statusSummaryDateSiteVehicleDateOrbitVehicle1990sDove-OSCAR 17Cubesat22 January 1990 Kourou Space Centre Ariane 40 H1022 January 1990Low Earth OrbitN/AOperated until March 1998.Brazil's first privately designed amateur radio satellite.SCD-1Satellite9 February 1993 Kennedy Space Center Pegasus 003/F39 February 1993Low Earth OrbitN/AIn operation.First satellite developed by INPE.SCD-2ASatellite2 November 1997 Alcântara Space Center VLS-1 V1 N/A N/A N/ADestroyed at launch.Second satellite developed by INPE.SCD-2Satellite23 October 1998 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Pegasus23 October 1998Low Earth OrbitN/AIn operation.Third satellite developed by INPE.CBERS-1Satellite14 October 1999 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Long March 4B14 October 1999Sun-synchronous orbitN/ADecommissioned in August 2003.First satellite from the program CBERS.SACI-1MicrosatelliteIt lost contact shortly after entering orbit.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.SACI-2Microsatellite11 December 1999 Alcântara Space Center VLS-1 V2 N/A N/A N/ADestroyed at launch.2000sCBERS-2Satellite21 October 2003 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Long March 4B21 October 2003 Low Earth Orbit N/ADecommissioned in January 2009.Second satellite from the program CBERS.SATECMicrosatellite25 August 2003 Alcântara Space Center VLS-1 V3 N/A N/A N/ADestroyed during pre-launch tests on the platform due to the 2003 Alcântara VLS accident.Developed by INPE.UNOSATNanosatelliteDeveloped by University North of Paraná.CBERS-2BSatellite19 September 2007 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Long March 4B19 September 2007Sun-synchronous orbitN/ADecommissioned in April 2010.Third satellite from the program CBERS.2010sCBERS-3Satellite9 December 2013 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Long March 4BN/AN/AN/APremature re-entry due to rocket failure. Fourth satellite from the program CBERS.Nanosatellite19 June 2014 Dombarovsky Air Base Dnepr19 June 2014Low Earth OrbitN/AIn operation (2019).Developed under an agreement between UFSM and INPE.CBERS-4Satellite7 December 2014 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Long March 4B7 December 2014Sun-synchronous orbitN/AIn operation.Fifth satellite from the program CBERS.AESP-14Nanosatellite10 January 2015 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Falcon 9 v1.15 February 2015ISS KibōConsidered inoperative after failing to open an antenna. Developed by INPE and ITA.Nanosatellite18 August 2015 Tanegashima Space Center H-IIB17 September 2015ISS KibōRe-entry on 27 March 2016.Project created by AEB in partnership with universities.Tancredo-1Picosatellite9 December 2016 Tanegashima Space Center H-IIB16 January 2017ISS KibōRe-entry on 18 October 2017.Educational project at the Tancredo Neves Municipal School in Ubatuba.Microsatellite3 December 2018 Vandenberg Air Force Base Falcon 9 Block 53 December 2018Low Earth OrbitN/AIn orbit (2020).Project developed by ITA, AEB and INPE.Satellite20 December 2019 Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center Long March 4B20 December 2019Sun-synchronous orbitN/AIn operation (2021).Sixth satellite from the program CBERS.NanosatelliteIn operation (2020).Developed by students from UFSC in partnership with AEB.2020sAmazônia-1Satellite28 February 2022 Satish Dhawan Space Centre PSLV-C5128 February 2022Polar orbitN/AIn operation (2021).Developed by INPE and AEB. It is the first satellite developed and built entirely in Brazil.Nanosatellite22 March 2021 Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz-222 March 2021Low Earth OrbitN/AIn operation (2021).Built in partnership between INPE and UFSM.PION-BR1Picosatellite13 January 2022 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Falcon 9 Block 513 January 2022Low Earth OrbitN/AReentry (2024).Developed by PION Labs, it is the first Brazilian produced satellite developed by a startup.Alpha CruxPicosatellite1 April 2022 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Falcon 9 Block 51 April 2022Low Earth orbitN/AIn orbit (2022).Developed by University of Brasília, in partnership with the Brazilian Space Agency. Carcará IMicrosatellite25 May 2022 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Falcon 9 Block 525 May 2022Low Earth OrbitN/AIn orbit (2022).Remote sensing radar satellite of the Brazilian Air Force, part of the Lessonia-1 Project, produced by the Finnish company ICEYE. Carcará IISPORTMicrosatellite21 November 2022 Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Falcon 9 Block 521 November 2022Low Earth OrbitN/AReentry in October 2023.Scintilation Prediction Observations Research Task, project developed in a paterneship between ITA, NASA, INPE and American universities.VCUB-1Nanosatelite15 April 2023 Vandenberg Air Force Base Falcon 9 Block 515 April 2023Low Earth OrbitN/AIn orbit (2023).Developed by the Brazilian joint-venture Visiona (Embraer and Telebrás), for Earth observation and data collection.Floripasat 2a e 2bCubeSat22 December 2025 Alcântara Space Center HANBIT-NANO F122 December 2025Low Earth OrbitN/ADestroyed 33 seconds after launchGroup of environmental and data-collection satellites.Solares S2SNI-GNSSPionBR-2Jussara-K
ProSAME Projects going through the Procedure for Selection and Adoption of Space Missions of the Brazilian Space Agency. + 7 December 2023 meetingNameInstitutionTypeMissão Programa Microgravidade AEBSpace sciencesNanoMIRAX 2 INPEAstronomySABIA-Mar INPE / CONAEEarth observationGalileo Solar Space Telescope INPESpace sciencesAmazônia-1B INPEEarth observationAQUAE Mission INPEBIOMESAT INPEConstelação Catarina-Frota A INPECBERS-6 INPE / CASTEQUARS INPEGaratéa-L AirvantisMoon orbiterSelenITA ITAITASAT 2 ITASpace climateMAPSAR INPEEarth observation
Telecommunication Brazilian satellites, but produced abroad:
SatelliteManufacturerRocketLaunch dateStatus 1980sBrasilsat A1 Spar Aerospace Ariane V128 February 1985Retired in March 2002.Brasilsat A2 Spar Aerospace Ariane 328 March 1986Retired in February 2004. 1990sBrasilsat B1 Hughes Ariane V6610 August 1994Retired in December 2010.Brasilsat B2 Hughes Ariane V7128 March 1995Retired in June 2018Brasilsat B3 Hughes Ariane V1054 February 1998Retired in August 2018. 2000sBrasilsat B4 Hughes Ariane V13117 August 2000Retired in June 2021Estrela do Sul SSL Zenit-3SL18 January 2004 ?Star One C12/ Thales Alenia Space Ariane3 February 2005In operation.Star One C1/ Thales Alenia Space Ariane #17914 November 2007In operation.Star One C2 Alcatel-Lucent Ariane 518 April 2008Em operação. 2010sStar One C3 Orbital Sciences Corporation Ariane 510 November 2012In operation (2022).Star One C4 SSL Ariane VA22415 July 2015In operation.Star One D1 SSL Ariane21 December 2016In operation.SGDC-1/ Thales Alenia Space Ariane 54 May 2017In operation (2020). 2020sStar One D2 SSL Ariane 5 VA254530 July 2021In operation (2021).
See also National Institute for Space Research Brazilian Space Agency
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