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426:(MTCR—see Glossary), formed on April 16, 1987. Given Brazil's advanced nuclear program, the United States was especially concerned that a potential Brazilian ballistic missile could eventually serve as a vehicle for a nuclear warhead. The United States restrictions on space technology to Brazil stalled Brazil's VLS (Satellite Launch Vehicle) program and ballistic missile research and development, strained United States security relations with Brazil, and prompted Brazil to explore closer ties with China, Russia, and various countries in Europe and the Middle East (especially Iraq). In October 1995, for example, Brazil offered Russia the use of its Alcântara base, to launch rockets. 373:). The AEB replaced Cobae, which acted merely as an advisory body and had no staff. The AEB, a semi-autonomous agency, has its own staff and responsibilities for policy implementation. It is led by a civilian, who is under the direct control of the president. The AEB oversees the MECB, but the Ministry of Aeronautics is still in charge of launch facilities and launch vehicles, and the INPE continues to direct the development of satellites. It remains to be seen, therefore, whether the AEB can effectively oversee the various ministries involved in the MECB. 308:, which is in charge of the Department of Science and Aerospace Technology (CTA, for Ciência & Tecnologia Aeroespacial). Created in 1950, the CTA is involved in research and development for the aerospace programs of the FAB (Brazilian Air Force). In 1965 the FAB created the Space Activities Center (Instituto de Atividades Espaciais—IAE), one of several institutes within the CTA, to develop rockets. Since its creation, the IAE has tested more than 2,000 rockets. 275:), the high-resolution CBERS will collect data from the entire planet and will be used for agriculture, geology, hydrology, and the environment. The Sino-Brazilian agreement was inactive from 1988 through 1991 because of Brazil's lack of funds. In October 1991 and November 1994, Brazil and China signed an additional agreements for the construction of the satellites, worth US$ 150 million. The CBERS-1 was scheduled to be launched in May 1997. 27: 176: 2090: 391:
Brazil no longer relies as heavily on the United States for space technology. In 1981, it unveiled the MECB, an ambitious US$ 1 billion program with the aim of attaining self-sufficiency in space technology. At that time, Brazil committed itself to launching a series of four Brazilian-made satellites
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The AEB was created in part to deflect criticism from the United States government, which viewed with alarm the involvement of Brazil's military in the MECB. The United States played a central role in the development of Brazil's MECB, beginning with its financial and technological support for the CTA
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In the mid-1980s through the early 1990s, many United States policy makers were concerned with Brazil's MECB because of the possibility of diverting space-launch technology to a ballistic missile program. Although by mid-1997 Brazil had not produced a ballistic missile, its military had given high
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In February 1994, Brazil announced that it would comply with MTCR guidelines. Such compliance would include export controls on Brazilian space and missile goods and technology. Brazil's accession to the MTCR coincided with various attempts by the United States to cooperate in space activities and
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Within Brazil's MECB, civilians have been primarily responsible for satellite production, and the armed forces have been in charge of developing launch pads and rockets. Despite this division of labor, the armed forces were the dominant actors in the MECB, at least through 1993. Military officers
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In 2011, Wikileaks revealed that the U.S. government has tried to stop the creation and production of rockets in Brazil, demanding that Brazilian partners, such as Ukraine, not transfer their technology in this area to the country. The restriction was registered in a telegram sent by the U.S.'
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The United States also does not allow the launch of US satellites (or those manufactured by other countries but containing US components) from the Alcantara Launch Center, "because of our longstanding policy of not encouraging Brazil's native rocket program", according to another confidential
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seemed to signal a new era in space relations. Brazil's application for MTCR membership was accepted in October 1995. Thus, by the end of 1995 Brazil's space capabilities were improving, although they were modest by the standards of countries such as the
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and roughly the CTA's counterpart. The INPE develops satellites and conducts space and meteorological research. It has also been developing engines using liquid propellants since 1988, but with mixed results.
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and the INPE. In 1966 the United States supplied sounding rockets, which were launched subsequently by Brazil. Based on that technology, Brazil later developed larger boosters of its own.
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In further moves away from dependence on the United States, in the 1980s Brazil took steps to become self-sufficient in the production of ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizer for
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worked with Brazil's Ministry of Aeronautics and established a number of data-exchange agreements with the CTA that covered such matters as weather forecasting.
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The ties between Brazil and the United States were generally along functional lines within the two governments. The United States
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from 1961, under GOCNAE (Group for the Organization of the National Commission on Space Activities) until the creation of the
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in the Northeast Region. The Sonda IV rocket was tested successfully on April 28, 1989. Subsequent launches were made from the
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From 1987 to 1994, the United States sought to stifle the development of Brazil's ballistic missile program through the
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On July 6, 1988, Brazil signed an agreement with China that calls for the joint development (between the INPE and the
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On February 9, 1993, the first satellite developed entirely in Brazil, the Data-Collecting Satellite (
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On the civilian side, the MECB is headed by the INPE. Established in 1971, the INPE replaced the
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In an attempt to place the MECB more firmly in the hands of civilians, Brazil's President
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in the world (2.3 degrees south of the equator), making it attractive for launches of
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LATTES 1 (Equatorial Atmosphere Research Satellite, Monitor e Imageador de Raios-X)
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Department of State to their embassy in Brasilia, January 2009, as follows:
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Cruzeiro (Hypersonic Accelerator Vehicle, Scramjet 14-X S1 Demonstrator)
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Until 1994, the military directed most of the space program through the
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priority to the development of several missile systems, including the
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Hypersonic Accelerator Vehicle (Scramjet 14-X S2 Demonstrator)
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I, II, III, and IV. The early Sondas were test-launched from
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occupied most of the high-ranking positions in the MECB.
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from Brazil may require 20% less fuel than launches from
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SatĂŠlite Sino-Brasileiro de Recursos Terrestres--CBERS
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Sistema Brasileiro de Comunicação por SatÊlites--SBTS
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ComissĂŁo Brasileira de Atividades Espaciais - Cobae
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