Telespazio is a European spaceflight services company and a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales Group (33%). As a leading satellite and solutions provider, Telespazio offers services including the design and development of space systems, launch services management, in-orbit satellite control, Earth observation, integrated communications, and satellite navigation. They are involved in major programs like Galileo, EGNOS, Copernicus, and COSMO-SkyMed, partnering with organizations like NASA, ESA, CNES, Arianespace and the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Telespazio also provides services for satellite launching and in-orbit control, and for the acquisition, processing and dissemination of satellite data.
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The Fucino Space Centre is Telespazio’s main operational infrastructure for satellite telecommunications.
Telespazio Iberica and CEiiA intend to develop joint capabilities in Earth observation, satellite operations, and downstream services.
Telespazio Iberica and CEiiA plan to collaborate on applications based on satellite data, mission infrastructure, ground segment capabilities, commercial cooperation, and institutional programs promoted by ESA and the European Union.
Telespazio Iberica and CEiiA plan to collaborate on the development and management of the Canary Constellation and the Atlantic Constellation.
Telespazio supported the transmission of the contest’s winning messages into space using the LARIO 1 antenna.
Telespazio’s LARIO 1 is a 32-meter parabolic antenna at the Centro spaziale del Lario on the north shore of Lake Como.
During the same event, Telespazio carried out a Moon-Bounce experiment from the Centro spaziale del Lario.
The Junta de Andalucía awarded Telespazio Ibérica a €1 million project to improve the region’s official cartographic information with AI and geospatial data.
Telespazio Ibérica will develop an intelligent cartographic change-detection system for Andalusia.
Telespazio, a Leonardo Group company, has hosted LarioSpace since 2024.
DLR’s German Space Operations Center and Telespazio Germany published a 2024 SmallSat Conference paper on the automation system that runs the European Data Relay System.
Telespazio's service business helped Leonardo Space's profit picture in the first quarter.
Through Thales Alenia Space, Leonardo builds satellites, through Telespazio it operates them, and through e-GEOS it distributes Earth observation data.
Thales Alenia Space Italy and Telespazio have a strong industrial and technological presence in Abruzzo.
Leonardo’s Space Division works across the satellite value chain through Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and e-GEOS.
e-GEOS is a joint venture between the Italian Space Agency, which owns 20%, and Telespazio, which owns 80%.
Leonardo has been active in Argentina’s space sector for more than thirty years through Telespazio Argentina.
Telespazio leads Moonlight, an ESA program for lunar telecommunications and navigation.
NASA selected Telespazio as one of its international partners for Artemis II monitoring.
Telespazio supports Artemis II radio tracking through antennas at the Fucino Space Center in Italy.