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Key space-program milestones Brazil, in 1 edition.
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First published1960s - established a national space program under the Air Force
1984 - began satellite launch vehicle (SLV) program (Veículo Lançador de Satélites or VLS-1)
1985 - first communications satellite jointly produced with Canada and launched on European SLV
1993 - first domestically built experimental communications satellite (Satélite de Coleta de Dados, SCD-1) launched by US
2004 - launched a sounding rocket into sub-orbital space, but the subsequent catastrophic failure of a VLS-1 during a test launch led to scaling back the program
2006 - first Brazilian astronaut to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket
2008 - began work on a 3-stage microsatellite launch vehicle (Veículo Lançador de Microssatélite or VLM-1) in partnership with Germany
- 2021 - first independently produced remote sensing (RS) satellite (Amazonia-1) launched by India;
- signed US-led Artemis Accords on space exploration cooperation and signed cooperation agreements with the space agencies of China, India, Russia, and South Africa for the joint development of an RS satellite constellation
2022 - successfully launched suborbital rocket more than 225 km (140 miles) in height
1960s - established a national space program under the Air Force
1984 - began satellite launch vehicle (SLV) program (Veículo Lançador de Satélites or VLS-1)
1985 - first communications satellite jointly produced with Canada and launched on European SLV
1993 - first domestically built experimental communications satellite (Satélite de Coleta de Dados, SCD-1) launched by US
2004 - launched a sounding rocket into sub-orbital space, but the subsequent catastrophic failure of a VLS-1 during a test launch led to scaling back the program
2006 - first Brazilian astronaut to the International Space Station on a Russian rocket
2008 - began work on a 3-stage microsatellite launch vehicle (Veículo Lançador de Microssatélite or VLM-1) in partnership with Germany
2021 - first independently produced remote sensing (RS) satellite (Amazonia-1) launched by India; signed US-led Artemis Accords on space exploration cooperation and signed cooperation agreements with the space agencies of China, India, Russia, and South Africa for the joint development of an RS satellite constellation
2022 - successfully launched suborbital rocket more than 225 km (140 miles) in height
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