Back المعهد الوطني لأبحاث الفضاء Arabic Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais German Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais Esperanto Instituto Nacional de Investigación Espacial del Brasil Spanish مؤسسه ملی تحقیقات فضایی Persian INPE (Brasilia) Finnish Institut national de recherches spatiales French Institut Riset Antariksa Nasional ID Istituto nazionale di ricerche spaziali del Brasile Italian ブラジル国立宇宙研究所 Japanese
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| Abbreviation | INPE |
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| Formation | April 22, 1971 |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | Space research |
| Headquarters | São José dos Campos, São Paulo |
| Coordinates | 23°12′25″S 45°51′37″W / 23.20694°S 45.86028°W |
Official language | Portuguese |
Director | Gilvan Sampaio de Oliveira |
Parent organization | Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations |
Budget | R$79.9 million (2021)[1] |
| Website | gov.br/inpe/ |
The National Institute for Space Research (Portuguese: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, INPE) is a research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations, the main goals of which are fostering scientific research and technological applications and qualifying personnel in the fields of space and atmospheric sciences, space engineering, and space technology. While INPE is the civilian research center for aerospace activities, the Brazilian Air Force's General Command for Aerospace Technology is the military arm. INPE is located in the city of São José dos Campos, São Paulo.
- ^ Salvador Nogueira (August 17, 2020). "Agência Espacial Brasileira zera orçamento do Inpe para pesquisa em 2021". valor.globo.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 1, 2021.