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Aerospace Operations Command | |
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Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais | |
Active | 2017; 7 years ago (2017)[1] |
Country | Brazil |
Type | Air and space command |
Part of | Brazilian Air Force |
Garrison/HQ | Brasília, DF |
Nickname(s) | COMAE |
Brazilian Air Force of the Brazilian Armed Forces |
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The Aerospace Operations Command (Portuguese: Comando de Operações Aeroespaciais - COMAE) is a Brazilian air and space command created in 2017[1] and is part of the Brazilian Air Force. Is responsible for planning, coordinating, executing and controlling the country's air and space operations.[2] The Brazilian Navy and Brazilian Army also are part of the organization.
The COMAE was formed as a Brazilian Air Force command with the main mission of oversee all air and space operations in the country and includes personnel from the Brazilian Army and Brazilian Navy. Other missions include the operations of satellites in orbit for imagery intelligence, military communications, reconnaissance and earth observation roles in joint operation with the Brazilian Space Agency and INPE from the Space Operations Center (COPE), and other facilities in the country,[3] also orbital and sub-orbital launches from the Alcântara Space Center. The organization also contributes to the sovereignty of airspace and to the integration of the national territory through air tracking systems such the CINDACTA.[4]
The Brazilian Armed Forces and other federal agencies possesses several major aerospace military and scientific assets:
The country and its federal agencies are part of the NASA's Artemis Program and signatory to the Artemis Accords.[13] Also several companies are based in Alcântara, with the objective of orbital and sub-orbital launches, for commercial purposes or in partnership with the Brazilian government.[14][15]
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