New Space: Opportunities in and to Brazil

New Space is the only international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to academic, industry, and government contributions to space entrepreneurship and innovation. The Journal features world-class content that covers innovative and expanding applications at the intersection of space science, engineering, policy, and business. The Journal encourages the growth of rapidly expanding enterprises and products that will advance knowledge, benefit society, and improve the way we live.

We are organizing a Special Issue on New Space: Opportunities in and to Brazil and would like to invite you to contribute to this comprehensive collection of articles. Brazil has tried in the last few years to improve participation in the international scenario and opening opportunities to commercial private companies. Following the signature of the Technical Safeguards Agreements (TSA) between Brazil and United States and the two public calls to use the Alcantara Launching Center, a new environment has formed in Brazil. Several initiatives have been launched to encourage the private sector. The first complete private satellite was built and launched this year, showing the potential of the private sector. But there is a lot to be done yet: policy, regulations, and economic analysis are gaps that government needs to cover to create a friendly and secure environment for investors.

For this Special Issue we invite you to submit manuscripts which address the highlighted policy gaps and the relevant areas to improve the space sector in Brazil by September 30, 2023.

The Special Issue will focus on the following areas of interest, which include, but are not limited to:

• Perspectives of New Space actors and their needs to thrive
• Integration of space-based services into the Brazilian economy
• Policy and institutional actions required for New Space to be successful in Brazil
• Innovation and entrepreneurship development specific to New Space in Brazil
• Development of space science, space hubs and outreach through the New Space lens
• Human resource development for New Space catering to diversity and inclusivity
• Suggestions of how to implement 3G policies in Brazil

Contributions will receive prompt and thorough peer review. Please refer to our Instructions for Authors before submitting your manuscript for consideration. Authors may vet ideas directly with the Guests Editors Michele Melo, Lúcia Helena Michels Freitas, and Andrea Cabello via e-mail before submitting. Please refer to the following links for Instruction for Authors and manuscript submission.

Please direct Editorial questions to New Space Managing Editor Karen Cloud-Hansen.