# List of Brazilian satellites

This list covers all satellites developed totally or partially in Brazil. Since Brazil does not currently have orbital launch capability and has historically had to rely on other countries.

## List
### Scientific and remote sensing
#### Key

Destroyed during launch or on the pad.
| Designation | Class | Launch | Launch | Launch | Deployment | Deployment | Deployment | Mission status | Summary |
| Designation | Class | Date | Site | Vehicle | Date | Orbit | Vehicle | Mission status | Summary |
| 1990s ||||||||||
| Dove-OSCAR 17 | Cubesat | 22 January 1990 | Kourou Space Centre | Ariane 40 H10 | 22 January 1990 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | Operated until March 1998. | Brazil's first privately designed amateur radio satellite. |
| SCD-1 | Satellite | 9 February 1993 | Kennedy Space Center | Pegasus 003/F3 | 9 February 1993 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation. | First satellite developed by INPE. |
| SCD-2A | Satellite | 2 November 1997 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed at launch. | Second satellite developed by INPE. |
| SCD-2 | Satellite | 23 October 1998 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Pegasus | 23 October 1998 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation. | Third satellite developed by INPE. |
| CBERS-1 | Satellite | 14 October 1999 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 14 October 1999 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | Decommissioned in August 2003. | First satellite from the program CBERS. |
| SACI-1 | Microsatellite | 14 October 1999 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 14 October 1999 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | It lost contact shortly after entering orbit. | It aimed to carry out university experiments selected by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. The programme was terminated after the loss of the second satellite. |
| SACI-2 | Microsatellite | 11 December 1999 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed at launch. | It aimed to carry out university experiments selected by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. The programme was terminated after the loss of the second satellite. |
| 2000s ||||||||||
| CBERS-2 | Satellite | 21 October 2003 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 21 October 2003 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | Decommissioned in January 2009. | Second satellite from the program CBERS. |
| SATEC | Microsatellite | 25 August 2003 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed during pre-launch tests on the platform due to the 2003 Alcântara VLS accident. | Developed by INPE. |
| UNOSAT | Nanosatellite | 25 August 2003 | Alcântara Space Center | VLS-1 V3 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Destroyed during pre-launch tests on the platform due to the 2003 Alcântara VLS accident. | Developed by University North of Paraná. |
| CBERS-2B | Satellite | 19 September 2007 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 19 September 2007 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | Decommissioned in April 2010. | Third satellite from the program CBERS. |
| 2010s ||||||||||
| CBERS-3 | Satellite | 9 December 2013 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | N/A | N/A | N/A | Premature re-entry due to rocket failure. | Fourth satellite from the program CBERS. |
| NanoSatC-Br 1 [pt] | Nanosatellite | 19 June 2014 | Dombarovsky Air Base | Dnepr | 19 June 2014 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation (2019). | Developed under an agreement between UFSM and INPE. |
| CBERS-4 | Satellite | 7 December 2014 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 7 December 2014 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | In operation. | Fifth satellite from the program CBERS. |
| AESP-14 | Nanosatellite | 10 January 2015 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 v1.1 | 5 February 2015 | ISS | Kibō | Considered inoperative after failing to open an antenna. | Developed by INPE and ITA. |
| SERPENS [pt] | Nanosatellite | 18 August 2015 | Tanegashima Space Center | H-IIB | 17 September 2015 | ISS | Kibō | Re-entry on 27 March 2016. | Project created by AEB in partnership with universities. |
| Tancredo-1 | Picosatellite | 9 December 2016 | Tanegashima Space Center | H-IIB | 16 January 2017 | ISS | Kibō | Re-entry on 18 October 2017. | Educational project at the Tancredo Neves Municipal School in Ubatuba. |
| ITASAT-1 [pt] | Microsatellite | 3 December 2018 | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 3 December 2018 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2020). | Project developed by ITA, AEB and INPE. |
| CBERS-4A [pt] | Satellite | 20 December 2019 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 20 December 2019 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | In operation (2021). | Sixth satellite from the program CBERS. |
| FloripaSat-1 [pt] | Nanosatellite | 20 December 2019 | Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center | Long March 4B | 20 December 2019 | Sun-synchronous orbit | N/A | In operation (2020). | Developed by students from UFSC in partnership with AEB. |
| 2020s ||||||||||
| Amazônia-1 | Satellite | 28 February 2022 | Satish Dhawan Space Centre | PSLV-C51 | 28 February 2022 | Polar orbit | N/A | In operation (2021). | Developed by INPE and AEB. It is the first satellite developed and built entirely in Brazil. |
| NanoSatC-Br 2 [pt] | Nanosatellite | 22 March 2021 | Baikonur Cosmodrome | Soyuz-2 | 22 March 2021 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation (2021). | Built in partnership between INPE and UFSM. |
| Pion-BR1 | Picosatellite | 13 January 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 13 January 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In operation (2022). | Developed by PionLabs [pt], it is the first Brazilian produced satellite developed by a startup. |
| Alpha Crux | Picosatellite | 1 April 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 1 April 2022 | Low Earth orbit | N/A | In orbit (2022). | Developed by University of Brasília, in partnership with the Brazilian Space Agency. |
| Carcará I | Microsatellite | 25 May 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 25 May 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2022). | Remote sensing radar satellite of the Brazilian Air Force, part of the Lessonia-1 Project, produced by the Finnish company ICEYE. |
| Carcará II | Microsatellite | 25 May 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 25 May 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2022). | Remote sensing radar satellite of the Brazilian Air Force, part of the Lessonia-1 Project, produced by the Finnish company ICEYE. |
| SPORT | Microsatellite | 21 November 2022 | Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 21 November 2022 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | Reentry in October 2023. | Scintilation Prediction Observations Research Task, project developed in a paterneship between ITA, NASA, INPE and American universities. |
| VCUB-1 | Nanosatelite | 15 April 2023 | Vandenberg Air Force Base | Falcon 9 Block 5 | 15 April 2023 | Low Earth Orbit | N/A | In orbit (2023). | Developed by the Brazilian joint-venture Visiona (Embraer and Telebrás), for Earth observation and data collection. |

#### ProSAME

Projects going through the Procedure for Selection and Adoption of Space Missions of the Brazilian Space Agency.
7 December 2023 meeting :
| Name | Institution | Type |
| Under admission process |||
| Missão Programa Microgravidade | AEB | Space sciences |
| NanoMIRAX 2 | INPE | Astronomy |
| SABIA-Mar | INPE / CONAE | Earth observation |
| Galileo Solar Space Telescope | INPE | Space sciences |
| Under qualification process |||
| Amazônia-1B | INPE | Earth observation |
| AQUAE Mission | INPE | Earth observation |
| BIOMESAT | INPE | Earth observation |
| Constelação Catarina-Frota A | INPE | Earth observation |
| CBERS-6 | INPE / CAST | Earth observation |
| EQUARS | INPE | Earth observation |
| Garatéa-L | Airvantis | Moon orbiter |
| SelenITA | ITA | Moon orbiter |
| ITASAT 2 | ITA | Space climate |
| MAPSAR | INPE | Earth observation |

### Telecommunication

Brazilian satellites, but produced abroad:
| Satellite | Manufacturer | Rocket | Launch date | Status |
| 1980s |||||
| Brasilsat A1 | Spar Aerospace | Ariane V12 | 8 February 1985 | Retired in March 2002. |
| Brasilsat A2 | Spar Aerospace | Ariane 3 | 28 March 1986 | Retired in February 2004. |
| 1990s |||||
| Brasilsat B1 | Hughes | Ariane V66 | 10 August 1994 | Retired in December 2010. |
| Brasilsat B2 | Hughes | Ariane V71 | 28 March 1995 | Retired in June 2018 |
| Brasilsat B3 | Hughes | Ariane V105 | 4 February 1998 | Retired in August 2018. |
| 2000s |||||
| Brasilsat B4 | Hughes | Ariane V131 | 17 August 2000 | Retired in June 2021 |
| Estrela do Sul | SSL | Zenit-3SL | 18 January 2004 | ? |
| Star One C12 | / Thales Alenia Space | Ariane | 3 February 2005 | In operation. |
| Star One C1 | / Thales Alenia Space | Ariane #179 | 14 November 2007 | In operation. |
| Star One C2 | Alcatel-Lucent | Ariane 5 | 18 April 2008 | Em operação. |
| 2010s |||||
| Star One C3 | Orbital Sciences Corporation | Ariane 5 | 10 November 2012 | In operation (2022). |
| Star One C4 | SSL | Ariane VA224 | 15 July 2015 | In operation. |
| Star One D1 | SSL | Ariane | 21 December 2016 | In operation. |
| SGDC-1 | / Thales Alenia Space | Ariane 5 | 4 May 2017 | In operation (2020). |
| 2020s |||||
| Star One D2 | SSL | Ariane 5 VA2545 | 30 July 2021 | In operation (2021). |