Satellites & Spacecraft companies in Brazil
Space Atlas lists 10 organisations in Brazil working in satellites & spacecraft: 4 private companies, 3 startups, 1 government agency, 1 research institution, 1 academic institution. That is 63% of the 16 space organisations in Brazil and 2% of the 597 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in São José dos Campos (5), Brasília (1), Salvador (1).
Private Company (4)
- Akaer · Private Company · São José dos Campos
Brazilian aerospace engineering group — designs aircraft structures and, via its subsidiaries, satellite cameras and space payloads; acquired by UAE's EDGE in 2026.
- Equatorial Sistemas · Private Company · São José dos Campos
Brazilian space systems company of the Akaer Group — develops satellite payloads, on-board computers and radiation analysis for CBERS and Amazonia-1.
- Orbital Engenharia S.A. · Private Company · São José dos Campos
Brazilian space engineering company — designs and builds satellite solar arrays, including the power generator for the Amazonia-1 satellite.
- Visiona Tecnologia Espacial · Private Company · São José dos Campos
Brazilian space systems integrator, an Embraer–Telebras joint venture — builds nanosatellites and attitude-control systems and integrates satellite programmes.
Startup (3)
- Alya Space · Startup · Salvador
Brazilian NewSpace startup — plans an Earth observation nanosatellite constellation of about 108 satellites, working with Hong Kong aerospace partners.
- PION Labs · Startup · São Paulo
Brazilian NewSpace startup — builds picosatellites, hybrid sounding rockets and educational CanSat/CubeSat kits, and runs the Latin American Space Challenge.
- VSAT Aerospace · Startup · Santo André
Brazilian aerospace startup — develops CubeSats, geoprocessing systems and algorithms, and a small satellite launch vehicle concept.
Academic Institution (1)
- SpaceLab – Laboratório de Pesquisa em Sistemas Espaciais, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) · Academic Institution · Florianópolis
Brazilian university space systems lab — developed the FloripaSat-1 CubeSat and is building FloripaSat-RO, a 6U GNSS radio-occultation CubeSat backed by AEB.
Government Agency (1)
- AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) · Government Agency · Brasília
Brazil's civilian space agency — coordinates the national space programme, satellite development and Alcântara launch centre.
Research Institution (1)
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) · Research Institution · São José dos Campos
Brazilian national space research institute — develops satellites such as Amazonia-1 and CBERS and runs Earth observation, weather and space science programmes.