Japan and Italy support the Combined Space Operations Initiative and intend to strengthen cooperation on space security and space domain awareness.

Italy and Japan will strengthen cooperation on lunar exploration as signatories of the Artemis Accords.

Japan and Italy are both signatories of the Artemis Accords.

Giorgia Meloni and Sanae Takaichi met in Rome on 15 June 2026 after a previous meeting in Tokyo on 16 January 2026.

Italy and Japan will work together on space situational awareness coordination, debris mitigation, debris removal, on-orbit servicing, and satellite collision avoidance systems.

Italy has supported initiatives with the ASEAN Secretariat.

The Italian Space Agency and JAXA already have an existing partnership.

Italy and Japan plan to exchange information on Italy’s Piano Mattei and related private-sector efforts.

Italy’s 2026-2027 presidency of COPUOS is an opportunity to advance Italy-Japan space policy objectives.

Italy and Japan will continue joint activities in low Earth orbit, on the International Space Station, including the CALET cosmic ray telescope, and on future space stations.

Italy and Japan are cooperating on the SOLAR-C mission to study the Sun, plasma dynamics, and the solar wind.

The 16 January 2026 meeting in Tokyo redefined Japan-Italy relations as a "Special Strategic Partnership".

Italy and Japan will work together on space situational awareness, debris mitigation, debris removal, on-orbit servicing, active debris removal, and satellite collision avoidance systems.

Italy and Japan will strengthen cooperation on lunar exploration.

Italy and Japan are collaborating on the SOLAR-C mission to study the Sun, plasma dynamics, and the solar wind.

Italy and Japan committed under the 2024-2027 Action Plan to strengthen their space cooperation and promote innovation and economic growth.

Italy and Japan support the development of the Combined Space Operations Initiative and intend to strengthen cooperation on space security and space defense, including Space Domain Awareness.

The Italian Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have an existing partnership.

Italy and Japan will continue to cooperate on deep-space observation for early detection and precise orbit determination of potentially hazardous asteroids.

Italy and Japan will intensify collaboration on the Lunar Multi-Purpose Habitation Module and the Pressurized Rover in coordination with NASA.

Italy and Japan will intensify work on the Lunar Multi-Purpose Habitation Module and the Pressurized Rover in coordination with NASA.

Italy and Japan will carry out joint activities related to low Earth orbit, the International Space Station, the CALET cosmic-ray telescope, and future space stations.

Exolaunch will deploy 49 customer satellites aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission.

Exolaunch won a launch contract to deliver Tumbleweed’s Oasis Alpha satellite aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission.

ULA set LA-08 launch for no earlier than July 3 at 04:03 UTC.

ULA’s LA-08 mission is the final planned flight of the Atlas V 551 configuration.

Remaining Starliner flights will use the Atlas V N22 configuration with two solid rocket boosters.

United Launch Alliance mated five solid rocket boosters to an Atlas V for the final time.

The attitude control motor and insertion motor sections of Orel's launch escape tower RBAS successfully completed the full testing cycle.

Orel's launch escape tower RBAS has a main nozzle section shown in a photo from July 2024.

Orel's launch escape tower RBAS includes attitude control motor and insertion motor sections manufactured in 2022-2023.

The OneWeb capacity purchase covers a four-year period.

The French arms procurement agency DGA is implementing a 10-year, 1 billion-euro commitment related to OneWeb.

The French Defense Ministry has reaffirmed its commitment to OneWeb’s low-Earth orbit network with an initial $160 million capacity purchase over four years.

Germany has sharply and suddenly increased its space spending, especially military space spending.

Germany is sharply increasing its space spending, especially military space spending.

GMV's Flight Operations Segment includes hifly, FocuSuite, flexplan, and Focusoc.

Focusoc is GMV's collision avoidance system for Camila.

GMV is responsible for the design, development, and implementation of Camila's Flight Operations Segment.

GMV plans to perform implementation and acceptance testing of the Flight Operations Segment software in its integration environment in the third quarter of 2027.

GMV's Flight Operations Segment is integrated into the ground segment and allows operators to control individual satellites and manage the constellation as a whole.

hifly is GMV's satellite control software for Camila.

GMV plans to deploy the Flight Operations Segment software at the operational site in the first quarter of 2028.

FocuSuite is GMV's flight dynamics system for Camila.

Camila is intended to provide high-resolution geospatial information to public administration, emergency management services, and institutions responsible for land-use planning and environmental protection.

GMV's solutions will partially automate satellite operations for Camila.

Camila was created from an agreement between Poland's Ministry of Development and Technology and the European Space Agency.

flexplan is GMV's mission planning system for Camila.

Camila consists of a space segment with four Earth-observation satellites and a ground segment for mission control and management.

Camila will deploy a constellation of four Earth-observation satellites.