To infinity and aeyond! AEB and the case of geostationary satellite in the light of the space strategic sector

Abstract

With the Cold War enclosures, the predictability of current international relations since World War II is drastically reduced, triggering changes in space programs around the world. Brazil is included in that list. In this sense, the following research problem rises: does the military sector still have relevance in space activities at the beginning of the new millennium, specifically in Brazil, whose Space Agency is established with civil nature? This work starts from the following hypothesis: even with the end of the Cold War and the wider concept of security, the Armed Forces do not lose importance in Brazilian space activities. An example that supports this thesis is related to the civil-military building of the Geostationary Satellite Defense and Strategic Communications (SGDC). Thus, the main objective of this work is to qualitatively analyze the SGDC’s design and the role of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) in the space strategic sector, the latter engendered by both National Strategy and Defense Policy.