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Italian Space Agency (ASI)

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The Italian Space Agency (ASI), established in 1988, is a government agency responsible for funding, regulating, and coordinating space exploration activities in Italy. ASI plays a key role in defining national strategies in the space sector, promoting Italian participation in European projects, and fostering international collaborations with entities like NASA and ESA. It oversees the National Aerospace Plan and manages facilities like the Broglio Space Centre. ASI is also involved in Earth observation programs, space propulsion research (leading the VEGA rocket program), and satellite communication developments.

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History · 1 eventMay 30, 1988 · CNR's space-research body superseded by the new Italian Space Agency (ASI)
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Thales Alenia Space won a contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to develop the Space Factory 4.0 program under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

RelationshipsPlanGrowthValue 4.5May 1, 2023Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space Sign a Contract for Space Factory 4.0

Thales Alenia Space won a contract from the Italian Space Agency to develop the Space Factory 4.0 program under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) as part of sub-investment M1C2.I4.3.

RelationshipsPlanGovernanceLegalValue 4.0Apr 27, 2023Thales Alenia Space signs Space Factory 4.0 contract with the Italian Space Agency

IRIDE is a space-based observation program initiated by the Italian government and managed by the European Space Agency with involvement from the Italian Space Agency under Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).

GeneralGovernancePlanValue 2.4Apr 10, 2023D-Orbit Signs €26-Million Contract with ESA for IRIDE Space-based Earth Observation Program

The European Space Agency will manage the IRIDE project with support from the Italian Space Agency under the PNRR framework.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 6, 2023D-Orbit’s IRIDE satellite observation program receives 26 million euros contract with ESA

Susanna Ebmeier used European datasets including Copernicus Sentinel-1, the Italian Space Agency’s CosmoSkyMed, and the German Aerospace Center’s TerraSAR and Tandem-X for her volcanic deformation research.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Mar 30, 2023ESA–European Geosciences Union 2023 Excellence Award winners

IRIDE is a government project funded by Italy's National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and managed by the European Space Agency in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

RelationshipsFinancialGovernanceValue 4.0Mar 30, 2023Thales Alenia Space Bags Contract to Launch IRIDE Radar and Optical Satellite Technology

IRIDE is a government project funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and managed by ESA in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency ASI.

GovernanceRelationshipsFinancialValue 4.0Mar 29, 2023Thales Alenia Space wins contracts for IRIDE radar and optical satellites

IRIDE is funded by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and is managed by the European Space Agency in conjunction with the Italian Space Agency (ASI).

FinancialRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 28, 2023Thales Alenia Space’s €112 million contract from ESA for IRIDE radar and optical satellites

e-GEOS was established by Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%).

RelationshipsValue 3.8Mar 9, 2023e-GEOS reconfirmed as head of the Emergency Management Service consortium

Argotec’s LICIACube is a six-unit CubeSat developed for the Italian Space Agency that participated in NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission in late September 2022.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Nov 16, 2022Argotec Selects CAES Dual Core Microprocessor for Multiple Space Missions

LICIACube, provided by the Italian Space Agency, deployed from DART 15 days before impact to capture images of the collision and resulting ejecta cloud.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Oct 20, 2022UPDATE 2: NASA’s Hubble Spots twin tails in new image following the DART Impact

The Light Italian CubeSat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube) provided by the Italian Space Agency deployed from DART 15 days before impact to capture images of the impact and the resulting ejecta cloud.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.5Sep 29, 2022NASA's DART Mission Hits Asteroid in First-Ever Planetary Defense Test

PLATiNO 2 is developed by SITAEL for the Italian Space Agency and is an institutional mission for Vega C.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.6Jul 13, 2022With the success of the inaugural flight under their belt, Arianespace is initiating Vega C operations

CSG 3 is developed by Thales Alenia Space for the benefit of the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense and is an institutional mission for Vega C.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.6Jul 13, 2022With the success of the inaugural flight under their belt, Arianespace is initiating Vega C operations

The inaugural Vega-C flight launched the LARES 2 Laser Relativity satellite built by OHB Italia for the Italian space agency ASI.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Jul 12, 2022Topping off the new Vega-C rocket on its maiden flight is a freshly-designed fairing developed by Beyond Gravity

DART, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission that launched in November 2021, will deliberately impact the moonlet Dimorphos and carries LICIACube provided by the Italian Space Agency as a companion CubeSat.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.2Jun 24, 2022A tiny spacecraft the size of a microwave could pave the way for a station between Earth and the moon

The Italian space agency ASI selected SpaceX to launch Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation 2 because of delays with the Vega C rocket.

RelationshipsPlanGrowthGeneralValue 4.0Apr 1, 2022SpaceX launches fourth dedicated rideshare mission

The PRISMA mission from the Italian Space Agency launched in 2019 and consists of two hyperspectral detectors that together cover the wavelength ranges of Aurora and Hyperion.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Feb 18, 2022Orbital Sidekick characterizes Aurora, secures key partnership with In-Q-Tel

The Falcon 9 upper stage deployed the Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation 2 (CSG-2) satellite for the Italian space agency ASI and the Italian military one hour after liftoff.

GeneralPlanValue 4.3Jan 31, 2022Falcon 9 launches Italian radar satellite

Arianespace was awarded a launch contract by SITAEL to orbit the PLATiNO 1 and PLATiNO 2 satellites for the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as final customer.

RelationshipsValue 4.8Jan 10, 2022Arianespace To Launch PLATiNO 1 + 2 Smallsats For Italian Space Agency
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