Brazil Launch Tracker
As of 21 October 2026, Brazil has flown 0 of the 248 orbital launch attempts in 2026, 0% of the world's launches, and 2 since its first in 1997. Its latest launches and the next ones on the schedule, drawn to scale.
Data as of October 2026 · Launch Library 2 (The Space Devs), checked against Jonathan McDowell's GCAT · Updated as launches happen. Methods
Latest mission
Astrophysics
VLS-1
Dec 11, 1999
Brazil's VLS-1 rocket suffered its second consecutive failure when the second stage failed to ignite after booster separation; the vehicle was destroyed by range safety about 3.5 minutes into flight. The SACI-2 microsatellite was lost, and INPE later canceled the program.
Next mission
Drawing unavailable
No upcoming mission scheduled.
Statistics summary
Payload to orbit
2026 so far
0 t
vs 0 t by this date in 2025
Last 7 days
0 t
vs 0.0 t weekly avg. over 365 days
Past launches
Every Brazil launch scheduled for the next seven days, in UTC.
No Brazil launch is scheduled in the next seven days.
Brazil in 2026
Orbital launch attempts added up, Brazil and the rest of the world, 2026 so far
Day by day since 1 January.
Orbital launch attempts per week, Brazil and the rest of the world, the past 12 months
Payload delivered to orbit by Brazil, year against year, 2023 to 2026
Tonnes, added up through each year.
The record
- Share in 2026
- 0%
- so far
- Launches in 2026
- 0
- of 248 worldwide
- Share in 2025
- 0%
- 0 launches
- All time
- 2
- since 1997
Orbital launch attempts per year, Brazil and the rest of the world, 1997 to today
2026 so far, as of 21 October 2026.
Launch success rate by Brazil rocket, 1997 to today
Test flights are left out; partial failures count as failures.
Every year
| Year | Brazil | World | Brazil share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 0 | 248 | 0% |
| 2025 | 0 | 329 | 0% |
| 2024 | 0 | 263 | 0% |
| 2023 | 0 | 223 | 0% |
| 2022 | 0 | 186 | 0% |
| 2021 | 0 | 146 | 0% |
| 2020 | 0 | 114 | 0% |
| 2019 | 0 | 102 | 0% |
| 2018 | 0 | 114 | 0% |
| 2017 | 0 | 90 | 0% |
| 2016 | 0 | 85 | 0% |
| 2015 | 0 | 87 | 0% |
| 2014 | 0 | 92 | 0% |
| 2013 | 0 | 81 | 0% |
| 2012 | 0 | 78 | 0% |
| 2011 | 0 | 84 | 0% |
| 2010 | 0 | 74 | 0% |
| 2009 | 0 | 78 | 0% |
| 2008 | 0 | 69 | 0% |
| 2007 | 0 | 68 | 0% |
| 2006 | 0 | 66 | 0% |
| 2005 | 0 | 56 | 0% |
| 2004 | 0 | 54 | 0% |
| 2003 | 0 | 63 | 0% |
| 2002 | 0 | 65 | 0% |
| 2001 | 0 | 59 | 0% |
| 2000 | 0 | 85 | 0% |
| 1999 | 1 | 78 | 1% |
| 1998 | 0 | 82 | 0% |
| 1997 | 1 | 89 | 1% |