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The launch contract between INPE and SpaceLaunch is valued at 188 million reais (approximately 30 million euros).
SpaceLaunch won a tendered contract from the Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Espaciales (INPE) to launch the Brazilian Earth observation satellite Amazonia-1B in 2027.
The INPE tender for the Amazonia-1B launch received four international proposals evaluated on technical and value criteria.
INPE published a press release on 27 January 2026 confirming that it was the extra-European institutional customer for the Avio–SpaceLaunch launch services agreement.
INPE received four proposals for the Amazonia-1B launch procurement and evaluated those proposals based on technical criteria and value.
INPE is satisfied with the selection of Vega C for the launch of Amazonia-1B and with the additional support provided by SpaceLaunch.
INPE worked with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), and FINEP throughout 2025 to secure the Amazonia-1B launch contract.
The National Institute for Space Research (INPE) awarded SpaceLaunch a contract on January 27, 2026 for end-to-end launch services of the Amazonia-1B satellite.
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) awarded a contract to SpaceLaunch for the launch of the Amazonia-1B Earth observation satellite aboard a Vega C rocket in 2027.
ESA, the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE), and the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) collaborated to assess how to exploit Biomass' data.
The INPE - ESA collaboration will help evaluate how Biomass provides insights into global forest carbon dynamics, particularly in the Amazon.
The team from Sao Paulo State University (UNESP), Universidad de Zaragoza, and the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) tested the satellite configuration using advanced astrodynamics methods and dynamic simulations.
Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) designed Amazonia-1 to be optimized for observing the cloud-covered Amazon forest using infrared capabilities.
INPE contracted Spaceflight Inc. to secure the launch of Amazonia-1.
Spaceflight Inc. was awarded a multi-year contract to provide launch services for INPE through a competitive government procurement process in December 2018.
Spaceflight was awarded a multi-year contract to provide launch services for INPE through a government procurement process in December 2018.
Spaceflight Industries contracted with Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE) on 2018-12-18 to launch the Amazonia-1 Earth observation satellite on a PSLV in mid-2020.