Alcantara Cyclone Space was a joint venture with Brazilian and Ukrainian capital, established on August 31, 2006, to launch satellites using a Ukrainian rocket from the Alcantara Launch Center in the Brazilian state of Maranhao. In July 2015 the government of Brazil terminated the cooperation agreement with Ukraine, citing concerns about the commercial viability and profitability projections of the satellite launch project.
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Agency TypeGovernment-owned joint venture 1 Founded Year HeadquartersBrasília, Federal District, Brazil 1 In the Other Atlases
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In July 2015, however, cooperation between the two countries was canceled by the government of Brazil.
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August 31, 2006
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Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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Government-owned corporation
In Group: Brazilian Space Agencies and Companies, Lead sentence
Alcântara Cyclone Space (ACS) was a joint-venture with Brazilian and Ukrainian capital established on August 31, 2006 with the objective of commercializing and launching satellites using the Ukrainian space rocket Cyclone-4 (or Tsyklon-4) from the Alcântara Launch Center, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão.
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