Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial (DCTA)

More space organisations in Brazil

• 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.

• Telecomunicações Brasileiras S.A. (Telebras) · Government Agency · Brasília

  Brazilian state-owned telecom company — operates the SGDC-1 geostationary defence and communications satellite and provides satellite broadband to public programmes.

• VSAT Aerospace · Startup · Santo André

  Brazilian aerospace startup — develops CubeSats, geoprocessing systems and algorithms, and a small satellite launch vehicle concept.

• 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.

• Alya Space · Startup · Salvador

  Brazilian NewSpace startup — plans an Earth observation nanosatellite constellation of about 108 satellites, working with Hong Kong aerospace partners.

• BIZU Space · Private Company · São José dos Campos

  Brazilian launch-technology developer — builds liquid rocket engines and CubeSat deployers and is developing the MLBR Brazilian microlauncher.

• Centro de Lançamento da Barreira do Inferno (CLBI) · Spaceport/Launch Site · Parnamirim

  Brazilian Air Force rocket launch centre near Natal — launches sounding rockets and provides tracking support for Alcântara and foreign launches.

• Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara (CLA) · Spaceport/Launch Site · Alcântara

  Brazilian Air Force spaceport near the equator in Maranhão — hosts sounding rocket campaigns and commercial launches such as Innospace's HANBIT-Nano.