LODESTAR – Laboratório de Simulação e Controle de Sistemas Aeroespaciais, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

More space organisations in Brazil

• Criar Space Systems · Private Company · Ribeirão Preto

  Brazilian space unit of Grupo Criar — builds automatic tracking antennas, CubeSats and the DATASAT open ground-station network.

• Ideia Space Educação Espacial Ltda. (IdeiaSpace) · Private Company · Brasília

  Brazilian space education company — runs school programmes in which students design, build and operate PocketQube satellites.

• 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.

• 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.

• AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) · Government Agency · Brasília

  Brazil's civilian space agency — coordinates the national space programme, satellite development and Alcântara launch centre.

• 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.

• 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.