BRASILIA : South Korean aerospace and defense company Innospace will be the first private business to send up a rocket from the Alcantara launch center in northern Brazil in December, the president of Brazilian Space Agency , Carlos Moura, said on Friday.
U.S. rocket company Hyperion pulled out of negotiations with Brazil and Innospace took its place to become the operator of the main launch area at Alcantara base, which is run by the Brazilian Air Force. Billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit has also obtained a license to operate in Brazil and will use Alcantara's existing 2.6-kilometer runway for its Boeing 747, Cosmic Girl, to take off and launch rockets that put smallsats into low earth orbit.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
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