Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial (DCTA)

More space organisations in Brazil

• Centro de Operações Espaciais (COPE) · Government Agency · Brasília

  Brazilian Air Force space operations centre — controls the SGDC defence and communications satellite and oversees national space assets.

• Centro Gestor e Operacional do Sistema de Proteção da Amazônia (Censipam) · Government Agency · Brasília

  Brazilian Defence Ministry body — monitors the Amazon via satellite remote sensing and provides satellite communications to public agencies.

• 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.