Tag: Geostationary Satellite Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC)

• Monday, March 13th 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  Brazil ready to launch satellite to protect transfer of national security information

  

  Brazil will launch its first own satellite to protect the transfer of privileged national security information while boosting the broadband capacity of the country later this month. The Geostationary Satellite Defense and Strategic Communications Satellite (SGDC) will be launched on March 21 from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana. The event is taking place nearly a year after the original launch plan of April 2016.