Alcântara Cyclone Space (ACS) was a joint-venture with Brazilian and Ukrainian capital established on August 31, 2006 with the objective of commercializing and launching satellites using the Ukrainian space rocket Cyclone-4 (or Tsyklon-4) from the Alcântara Launch Center, in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. In July 2015, however, cooperation between the two countries was canceled by the government of Brazil.
