Satellites
The Brazilian Space Agency has several active imagery intelligence satellites in orbit, including reconnaissance and earth observation satellites. Several others are currently in development.
| Satellite | Origin | Type | Operational | Status |
| SCD1 | Brazil | Earth observation | 1993 | Active |
| SCD2 | Brazil | Earth observation | 1998 | Active |
| CBERS-1 | Brazil / China | Earth observation | 1999–2003 | Retired |
| CBERS-2 | Brazil / China | Earth observation | 2003- | Active |
| CBERS-2B | Brazil / China | Reconnaissance | 2007- | Active |
| CBERS-3 | Brazil / China | Earth observation | 2012 | In development |
| Amazônia-1 | Brazil | PMM - "Plataforma Multimissão" (Multimission Platform) | 2013 | In development |
| CBERS-4 | Brazil / China | Earth observation | 2014 | In development |
| COM-1 | Brazil | Communications satellite | 2014 | In development |
| Amazônia-1B | Brazil | PMM - "Plataforma Multimissão" (Multi-mission Platform) | 2015 | In development |
| FLORA (HIPERSPECTRAL) | Brazil/ United States | PMM - "Plataforma Multimissão" (Multi-mission Platform) | 2016 | In development |
| LATTES-1 | Brazil/ China/ United States/ Japan | Space weather (EQUARS) and X-ray space telescope (MIRAX) mission | 2016 | In development |
| CBERS-4B | Brazil/ China | Earth observation | 2016 | In development |
| LAT-1 SABIA-Mar - 1 | Brazil/ Argentina | PMM - "Plataforma Multimissão" (Multi-mission Platform) | 2017 | In development |
| CLE-1 | Brazil | Low earth orbit | 2018 | In development |
| Amazônia-2 | Brazil | PMM - "Plataforma Multimissão" (Multi-mission Platform) | 2018 | In development |
| SAR-1 | Brazil | Earth observation | 2018 | In development |
| MET-1 | Brazil | Earth observation | 2018 | In development |
| AST-1 | Brazil | Low earth orbit | 2019 | In development |
| SABIA-Mar - 1B | Brazil/ Argentina | PMM - "Plataforma Multimissão" (Multi-mission Platform) | 2019 | In development |
| COM-2 | Brazil | Communications satellite | 2019 | In development |
| AST-2 | Brazil | Low earth orbit | 2020 | In development |
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