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More space organisations in Brazil

• 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 Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA) · Academic Institution · São José dos Campos

  Brazilian Air Force engineering university — trains aerospace engineers and runs space research programmes, including the ITASAT CubeSat missions.

• Laboratório de Eletrônica e Sistemas Embarcados Espaciais (LABESEE), Universidade Federal do Maranhão · Academic Institution · São Luís

  Federal University of Maranhão space electronics lab — built the Aldebaran-I CubeSat for locating vessels in distress, with AEB and INPE support.

• Latin American Space Challenge (LASC) · Non-profit · Iacanga

  Brazilian student rocketry and satellite competition — runs annual rocket, CanSat/CubeSat and lander challenges at a launch range in Iacanga, SP.

• LODESTAR – Laboratório de Simulação e Controle de Sistemas Aeroespaciais, Universidade de Brasília (UnB) · Academic Institution · Brasília

  University of Brasília space lab — developed the AlfaCrux CubeSat and runs small-satellite simulation, ground station and ballooning work.

• Parque de Inovação Tecnológica São José dos Campos (PIT) · Incubator/Accelerator · São José dos Campos

  Brazilian technology park — hosts the Brazilian Aerospace Cluster, a business incubator and space-sector firms near DCTA and INPE.

• 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.

• Projeto Jupiter – Universidade de São Paulo · Academic Institution · São Paulo

  University of São Paulo student rocketry team — designs and builds sounding rockets, motors and satellites for national and international contests.