Brazilian Space Agency Agência Espacial Brasileira
Agency overview
Abbreviation
AEB
Formed
10 February 1994[1] (formerly the Brazilian space program, 1961-1993)
Type
Space agency
Headquarters
Brasília, Distrito Federal
Official language
Portuguese
Administrator
Marco Antonio Chamon[2]
Primary spaceport
Alcântara Space Center
Owner
Government of Brazil
Annual budget
R$180 million / US$45 million (2019)[3]
Website
www.gov.br/aeb
The Brazilian Space Agency (Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara, and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno. It is the largest and most prominent space agency in Latin America.
The Brazilian Space Agency is the institutional successor of Brazil's space program, which had been managed by the Brazilian military until its transfer to civilian control on 10 February 1994. It suffered a major setback in 2003, when a rocket explosion killed 21 technicians. Brazil successfully launched its first rocket into space, the VSB-30, on 23 October 2004 from the Alcântara Launch Center; several other successful launches have followed.[4][5][6] Brazil was briefly a partner in the International Space Station, and in 2006, AEB astronaut Marcos Pontes became the first Brazilian and the first native Portuguese-speaker to go into space, when he arrived at the ISS for a week. During his trip, Pontes carried out eight experiments selected by the Brazilian Space Agency, including testing flight dynamics of saw blades in zero gravity environments. In June 2021, the AEB signed the Artemis Accords to the joint exploration of the Moon and Mars from 2024 as part of the Artemis program.[7]
^Presidency of Brazil: Law 8.854 "That creates the Brazilian Space Agency, and other measures" Presidency of Brazil. Retrieved on 2009-07-30. (in Portuguese)
^Marco Antonio Chamon is the new president of the Brazilian Space Agency..
^Milani, Livia Peres (October 24, 2019). "Brazil's Space Program: Finally Taking Off?". Wilson Center. Retrieved February 1, 2023. in 2019, the approved budget was approximately $45 million (R$ 180 million).
^BBC World: Brazil Launches rocket into space BBC News. Retrieved on 2009-07-30.
^Space.com: Brazil completes successful rocket launch Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Space.com. Retrieved on 2009-07-30.
^Herald Tribune: Brazil launches rocket for gravity research International Herald Tribune. Retrieved on 2009-07-30.
^"Brazil Signs Artemis Accords". NASA.gov. 15 June 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
and 23 Related for: Brazilian Space Agency information
The BrazilianSpaceAgency (Portuguese: Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's space program...
Government spaceagencies are established by governments of countries or regional groupings of countries to establish a means for advocating for and/or...
Organization of the National Commission on Space Activities) until the creation of the BrazilianSpaceAgency in 1994. It has significant capabilities in...
essential to the BrazilianSpace Program. In the 1990s, the first Brazilian satellite (SCD-1) was launched. Since 1994, the BrazilianSpaceAgency has been responsible...
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA; /ˈnæsə/) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics...
Europe. The agencies overseeing the manufacturing involved NASA, Roscosmos, the European SpaceAgency, JAXA, and the Canadian SpaceAgency. Hundreds of...
Republic of Brazil. Consisting of three service branches, it comprises the Brazilian Army (including the Brazilian Army Aviation), the Brazilian Navy (including...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO /ˈɪsroʊ/) is the national spaceagency of India. It operates as the primary research and development arm of...
The State SpaceAgency of Ukraine (SSAU; Ukrainian: Державне космічне агентство України, romanized: Derzhavne kosmichne ahentstvo Ukrainy, ДКАУ) is the...
Space Administration (CNSA) is a government agency of the People's Republic of China headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, responsible for civil space administration...
the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation and the National Institute for Space Research. The BrazilianSpaceAgency has the most advanced space program...
VSB-30 VLM-1 14-X Brazilian Organization for the Development of Aeronautical Certification BrazilianSpaceAgencyBrazilianspace program Instituto Tecnológico...
Climate Change SpaceAgency partners: Australian SpaceAgency, BrazilianSpaceAgency, Canadian SpaceAgency, ESA (European SpaceAgency), Japan Aerospace...
The National Space Activities Commission (Spanish: Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, CONAE) is the civilian agency of the government of Argentina...
The European SpaceAgency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration. With its headquarters in Paris and a staff of around...
realized since 1998 in Brazilian schools by the Brazilian Astronomical Society (SAB). Since 2005, the BrazilianSpaceAgency (AEB) started to participate...
The Israel SpaceAgency (ISA; Hebrew: סוכנות החלל הישראלית, Sokhnut heKhalal haYisraelit) is a governmental body, a part of Israel's Ministry of Science...
Server Valk Last Slot, a set of speedcubing algorithms VLS-1, the BrazilianSpaceAgency satellite launcher This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
Development of Aeronautical Certification BrazilianSpaceAgencyBrazilianspace program Brazilian National Institute for Space Research Instituto Tecnológico de...
2021, the BrazilianSpaceAgency disclosed the company among those selected to operate orbital launches from the Alcantara Launch Center in Brazil. On June...
facility manufactured by the BrazilianSpaceAgency, which remotely operated payloads and crew members can perform Earth and space science research, including...
Global Information