https://spacewatch.global/tag/alcantara-launch-centre-cla/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/alcantara-launch-centre-cla/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/brazil-to-launch-from-alcantara-on-virgin-orbit/ Mon, 03 May 2021 06:00:11 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=32412&preview=true&preview_id=32412 Luxembourg, 3 May 2021. – Brazil will launch on Virgin Orbit, the company announced. The Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) and the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) selected Virgin Orbit “to bring orbital launch capability to Brazil, a country which has never successfully completed a domestic launch to orbit”, the company said.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/brazilian-space-agency-issues-public-call-for-alcantara-space-center-launch-operations/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23062 This edict aims to identify companies, national or foreign, that are interested in carrying out suborbital and orbital launch operations using the Alcantara Space Center (CEA), as well as providing information on the contractual process, including licensing processes and authorization for space launch.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/04/israel-looking-use-brazilian-alcantara-site-space-launch/ Thu, 20 Apr 2017 07:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=4112 Israel, along with France, Russia, and the United States, is seeking to use the Alcântara Launch Centre (CLA) located on the northeast Brazilian coast close to the equator, according to the Brazilian Space Agency. The Alcântara Launch Centre is the closest launch site to the Earth’s equator anywhere in the world. This special location provides […]]]>