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CABELLO, A. F.; MICHELS, L. H.; MELO, M. C.; SOUZA, L. Brazilian space exports and imports. SPACE POLICY, v. 72, p. 1, 2025.
CABELLO, A. F.; MELO, M. C. Raising Public Awareness on Space Themes: Analysis of Brazilian Space Policy Using Data from Google Trends. SPACE AND DEFENSE JOURNAL, v. 16, p. 21-36, 2025.
CABELLO, A; FREITAS, L. H. M. MELO, M. C. Indústria espacial x educação espacial no Brasil: (des)ajustes geográficos e outros padrões. Perspectivas em políticas públicas, v. 18, p. 228-242, 2025.
CABELLO, A. F.; MICHELS, L. H.; MELO, M. C. Space industry x space education in Brazil: geographical (mis)matches and other patterns. PERSPECTIVAS EM POLÍTICAS PÚBLICAS, v. 18, p. 228-242, 2025.
D. P., SZIMANSKI; M. C. S., MELO; A. F., CABELLO; L. H. M., FREITAS. Flexible R&D Promotion Instruments as a Way to Develop the Space Industry in Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, v. 16, p. 25, 2024.
CABELLO, A. F.; PEDROSA, T; MELO, M. C. Brazil First Steps in the Commercial Space Launch Sector: What Has Been Done in the Past Two Years? New Space-The Journal of Space Entrepreneurship and Innovation, v. 12, p. 1, 2024.
CABELLO, A. F.; MELO, M. C; MICHELS, L. H. Brazil on the Spot: Special Edition and Future Research and Policy Perspectives. New Space-The Journal of Space Entrepreneurship and Innovation, v. 12, p. 1, 2024.
MELO, M. C. S.; CABELLO, A. F; FREITAS, L. H. M. Educação Espacial no Brasil: a recente criação de cursos de Engenharia Astronáutica e outros padrões. CADERNO PEDAGÓGICO (LAJEADO. ONLINE), v. 21, p. 01, 2024.
CABELLO, A. F.; MICHELS, L. H.; MELO, M. C. Space-related education in Brazil: the recent creation of Astronautical Engineering courses and other patterns. CADERNO PEDAGÓGICO (LAJEADO. ONLINE), v. 21, p. 1-19, 2024.
CABELLO, A. F.; LIMA, F. M. C; FERREIRA, G. V; MICHELS, L. H; MELO, M. C. The Incipient Brazilian Private Space Sector: A Brief Description. New Space-The Journal of Space Entrepreneurship and Innovation v. 11, p. 1, 2023.
CABELLO, A. F.; MELO, M. C; MICHELS, L. H. Brazilian Space Sector: historical analysis of the public budget. SPACE POLICY, v. 62, p. 1, 2022.
MELO, M. C; MICHELS, L. H. Uma tentativa de mensurar o retorno do investimento público no setor espacial brasileiro. CADERNOS DE FINANÇAS PÚBLICAS, v. 21, p. 1-30, 2021.
MELO, M. C. S.; PEDROSO, C. P.; OLIVEIRA, C. E. Q. V.; VILANOVA, C. Q.; SANTOS, F. R. P.; ONOHARA, A. N.; CAS, P. L. K. Do Centro de Lançamento de Alcântara ao Centro Espacial de Alcântara: perspectivas para a exploração comercial das atividades de lançamento no Brasil. 2018.
MELO, M. C. S. The Brazilian industrial base in new space. In: Martini, Bruno. (Org.). Proceedings of the Internacional Webinar on Space Security: Building a Sustainable Future. 01ed.Rio de Janeiro: Editora UNIFA, 2025, v. 01, p. 35-47.
MELO, M. C. S.; CABELLO, A. F.; PEREIRA, F. M. Instruments for promoting innovation aimed at space startups: challenges and bottlenecks in Brazil. In: International Astronautical Congress 2025, 2025, Sydney. International Astronautical Congress 2025, 2025.
MELO, M. C. S.; CABELLO, A. F.; MORAIS, L.; LIMA, F. L. L. U. Initiatives to ensure legal security in space investments: the role of the Attorney General’s Office (AGU). In: International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, 2024, Milão. International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, 2024.
MELO, M. C. S.; CABELLO, A. F.; MORAIS, L.; LIMA, F. L. L. U.; PORTELA, B. M. Sandboxes as an incentive tool for entrepreneurship in the space sector. In: International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, 2024, Milão. International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, 2024.
MELO, M. C. S.; MORAIS, L.; CABELLO, A. F.; LIMA, F. L. L. U.; FIDELES, J. D. The quilombola conflict and the Alcântara Space Center (CEA): the Attorney General’s Office (AGU) mediation experience in resolving the conflict and its impacts on the development of activities in the Brazilian space sector. In: International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, Milão, 2024.
MELO, M. C. S.; Cabello, A. F.; MORAIS, L.; LIMA, F. L. L. U.; VERAS, C. A. G.; NASCIMENTO, E. Entrepreneurship in the space sector and deforestation monitoring activities in the Brazilian legal amazon. In: International Astronautical Congress (IAC) 2024, Milão, 2024
MELO, M. C. S.; CABELLO, A. F.; FREITAS, L. H. M.; COUTO, F. Capacity-building and space industry in Brazil. In: 30th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits: “Challenges and Capacity-building Opportunities for Emerging Space Nations”. Baku, 2023.
MELO, M. C. S.; Cabello, A. F.; FREITAS, L. H. M.; LIMA, F.M.C. Is there a new technological paradigm for the space sector? In: International Astronautical Congress 2023. Baku, 2023.
MELO, M. C. S.; Cabello, A. F.; WOLFSON, N.; TOOP-ROSE, J.; MUKHERJEE, S. An analysis of the ITU applied to space resources and asteroid mining. In: International Astronautical Congress 2023. Baku, 2023.
PEDROSA, T. A.; CABELLO, A. F.; MELO, M. C. S. Brazil’s first steps in the commercial space launch sector: what has been done in the past two years? In: International Astronautical Congress, 2022. Paris, 2022.
FREITAS, L. H. M.; CABELLO, A. F.; MELO, M. C. S. Is there room to regulate the space sector in Brazil? In: International Astronautical Congress, 2022. Paris, 2022.
MELO, M. C. S.; CABELLO, A. F.; FREITAS, L. H. M.; COUTO, F. Is it possible to socialize the benefits of space exploration? In: 29th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits – Access to Space for All: Bridging the Space Divide. Paris, 2022.
MELO, M. C. S. How Alcantara´s Launch Center can be used to promote regional development in Brazil. In: 27th Workshop on Space Technology for Socio-Economic Benefits: “Ensuring Inclusiveness through Space-based Applications and Space Exploration”. Washington, 2019.
História do Setor Espacial
Trajetória Orçamentária Recente do Setor Espacial
Recent Budgetary Trajectory of the Space Sector