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Institute of Aeronautics and Space

Space Agencies of Latin America and the Caribbean

The Institute of Aeronautics and Space, known in Portuguese as Instituto de Aeronautica e Espaco, is a military research organization operating under the Brazilian Air Force Department of Aerospace Science and Technology. It was established on 1 January 1954 and refounded in 1991 through a merger of Brazil Institute of Space Activities and Institute of Development and Research. The institute develops rockets, launch vehicles and satellites for Brazil space program, including the VLM-1 rocket for the Brazilian Space Agency, the VSB-30 and 14-X vehicles for the Air Force, and the Sonda series, VS-30, VS-40 and VLS sounding rockets and launch vehicles.

Facts
Agency Type
Military research organization 1
Founded Year
1954 1
Headquarters
S├úo Jos├⌐ dos Campos, S├úo Paulo, Brazil 1
Head
C├⌐sar Augusto O'Donnell Alv├ín 1
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1. Wikipedia, Institute of Aeronautics and Space
  • Introduction, sentence 1
    military research organization
  • Infobox, established
    1 January 1954
  • Infobox, city
    S?o Jos? dos Campos
  • Infobox, director
    C?sar Augusto O'Donnell Alv?n
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