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| Attribute | Alcantara Launch Center 🇧🇷 Brazil Active · Last updated 2026-06-01Trust: Operator-primaryⓘ Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Brazilian Air Force (FAB) / Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB) | Atlantic Spaceport Consortium (ASC) | Oita Prefecture / NTT Communications consortium |
| Ownership | Government | Public-Private | Public-Private |
| Region | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Launch pads | 1 (CLA mobile launch vehicle; VLM-1 pad under development)as of [1] ↑ Most pads | — | — |
| Annual launches | 0–1 (first orbital launch pending)as of [1]Sounding rockets operational; VLM-1 orbital debut targeted 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| Max payload (LEO) | ~150 kg to SSO (VLM-1 target)as of [1]Near-equatorial location (2.3°S) provides ~460 m/s velocity bonus for GTO missions ↑ Highest capacity | — | — |
| First operational launch | 1990-11-21as of [1]VS-30 sounding rocket; first orbital attempt VLS-1 1997 (pad explosion); new era with VLM-1 | 2025 | 2020 |
| Regulatory regime | AEB regulatory framework; 2019 U.S.–Brazil Technology Safeguards Agreement enables U.S.-origin payload launches | Portuguese Space Agency (Portugal Space) + ANACOM, under Decree-Law 16/2019 (Space Activities Act) | MEXT / Cabinet Office Space Activities Act (2018, amended 2023); Oita Airport operates under Japan Civil Aviation Bureau |
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