Israel, Ukraine to launch from Alcantara?

Brazil seems to be looking for space business.

http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/glob...715135&fid=942

Israel to launch satellites from Brazil
The use of Brazil's Alcantara Space Center is part of a
bilateral R&D agreement.
Uri Rabin 14 Aug 03 17:24
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Israel and Brazil have reached an agreement in principle on
space cooperation. Under the agreement, Israel may use its Shavit
satellite launcher from Brazil's Alcantara Space Center. Minister
of Science and Technology Eliezer Sandberg and Brazil Minister of
Science and Technology Roberto Amaral signed the agreement last
April. Amaral recently notified Israel's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel
Gazit that the Brazilian government had approved the implementation
of the agreement, and was interested in putting space at the center
of joint R&D programs.


http://www.itar-tass.com/english/allnews/400822.html

Ukraine to fire off missiles from Brazilian cosmodrome.
18.08.2003
18/8 Tass 189
By Vitaly Matarykin

KIEV, August 18 (Itar-Tass) - A group of the space agencies of
Ukraine and Brazil, which started a meeting in the Brazilian
capital on Monday, plans to compile a draft agreement on long-
term cooperation between the two countries in the use of the
Tsiklon-4 missile at the Alcantara cosmodrome, Tass learnt at
the Ukrainian National Space Agency.

Experts will agree, within a week, the main statutory documents
of a Ukrainian-Brazilian venture on operation of these launch
vehicles, will distribute work on construction of a land launching
complex as well as financial contributions to implement the
programme.

According to preliminary data, the cost of the project is estimated
at 280 million U.S. dollars. The first lift-off of Tsiklon-4 from
the Alcantara cosmodrome, situated in the area of the equator,
is planned to be made in 2006. The carrier will be used to put
satellites, weighing up to 1.8 tonnes, into a transfer to a
geostationary orbit and 5.5 tonnes into lower orbits.