Brazilian launch centre goes to market

Brazil is planning to commercially exploit its Alcantara Launch Centre (CLA ), with the perspective of offering reliable and low cost launch services t o the world market. This report presents a brief background to Brazil's lau nch activities and describes the facilities at Alcantara, as well as detail ing some of the launch contracts in prospect. The need for Brazilian law to keep pace with forthcoming developments is emphasised. (C) 1999 Elsevier S cience Ltd. All rights reserved.