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Alcântara Space Center

Alcântara Space Center (Brazil · Maranhão): 3 orbital launches (1997–today), 0 successful. First: 2 November 1997 – VLS-1, SCD-2A.

Country
Brazil · Maranhão
Operator
Brazilian Air Force
Years of orbital launches
1997–today
Orbital launches
3
Successful / failed
0 / 3 (0.0%)
Launching countries
Other 2, South Korea 1
2.37° S, 44.40° W

Orbital launches year by year

011997: 1 failed: 11998: 01999: 1 failed: 12000: 020002001: 02002: 02003: 02004: 02005: 02006: 02007: 02008: 02009: 02010: 020102011: 02012: 02013: 02014: 02015: 02016: 02017: 02018: 02019: 02020: 020202021: 02022: 02023: 02024: 02025: 1 failed: 1

successful failed

Key launches

  1. First orbital launch – VLS-1 – SCD-2A (failure)
  2. Latest launch in the data – HANBIT-NANO – Test (failure)

Rockets

RocketLaunches
VLS-12
HANBIT-NANO1

All launches

Date (UTC)RocketFlightOutcome
2025-12-23HANBIT-NANOTestfailure
1999-12-11VLS-1SACI-2failure
1997-11-02VLS-1SCD-2Afailure

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Launch data: GCAT (Jonathan McDowell), licensed under CC BY 4.0 · GCAT site codes: ALCA. More: Wikipedia · Wikidata.