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Launch site · Maranhão, Brazil

Alcântara Launch Center

The Brazilian Air Force's base for suborbital rockets and, since 2025, commercial launches such as Innospace's HANBIT-Nano.

Operator Innospace

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Upcoming launches

Times: local launch-site time. Launch dates move often; NET means no earlier than.

  • NET
    2027
    InnoSat-0 - HANBIT-Nano - Innospace TBD
    time to be confirmed · HANBIT Pad
    Date changed 3 times — latest: “Delayed to NET 1st half 2027 to concentrate on launch of Innospace's 2nd SEBIT sub-orbital hypersonic test vehicle.”

Where to watch a launch

  • The public is kept away from the base; the São Luís shoreline is the most accessible place to watch, with Praça dos Pescadores on Avenida Litorânea named the best spot. oimparcial.com.br

Getting there

  • A boat or catamaran from Cais da Praia Grande in São Luís crosses in about 1 h 20–1 h 30, with departures set by the tide; the ferry via Cujupe and the road takes 3 h 30–4 h. lorenzigo.com

On the day

  • The HANBIT-Nano watch event in São Luís was set for 19 December 2025; the launch slipped to the 22nd. oimparcial.com.br

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