The satellite is part of the so-called Amazon Mission, created to provide remote sensing data to observe and monitor deforestation, especially in the Amazon region.
The US government agreed to start negotiating a deal on technological safeguards with Brazil for the use of the Alcântara launch base. The information was confirmed today (Jun 4) by Brazil’s Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes, after he met with US State Secretary Mike Pompeo.
Brazil on Thursday (Mar. 8) signed a cooperation agreement alongside Chile and Colombia to take part in the initiative Copernicus – European Union (EU) Observation and Monitoring Program.
Brazil's first geostationary satellite for defense and strategic communications was launched Thursday (May 4).