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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COSMO-SkyMed is a dual-use Earth observation constellation owned by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Ministry of Defense.
The COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation program meets the requirements of the Italian Space Agency and the Ministry of Defense.
The CosmoSkyMed satellite is owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space for the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The launch will be conducted by ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) and SpaceX.
The initiative is part of the regulation of relations between the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy and the Italian Space Agency.
Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone is the Director General of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The decision to postpone the launch was communicated on December 29, 2025, by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) through a post on X.
COSMO-SkyMed FM3 was developed by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The payload fairing of the Falcon 9 rocket contains the CSG-3 SAR-satellite for the Italian Space Agency and Ministry of Defence.
This research received funding from NASA, the Swiss National Science Foundation, and the Italian Space Agency.
Teodoro Valente, President of the Italian Space Agency, emphasized that satellite data is essential for environmental protection.
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) confirmed the successful launch and the satellite's entry into the planned trajectory.
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has signed a strategic framework agreement with the Special Commissioners for environmental monitoring and control in the Taranto area and the Land of Fires.
e-GEOS is a Rome-based joint venture between Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and its CEO is Milena Lerario.
Since 2018, Italy has implemented regulations to coordinate sector policies to enhance the effectiveness of initiatives from the Italian Space Agency.
The ESA BIC Turin program is managed by I3P in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), the Italian Space Agency (ASI), the Polytechnic University of Turin, and the LINKS Foundation.
Augusto Cramarossa, Head of Office – Strategic Coordination at the Italian Space Agency (ASI), emphasizes the importance of supporting startups and incubators for the national Space Economy growth.
The collaboration integrates the COSMO-SkyMed First and Second Generation satellites funded by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense with Umbra’s commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar constellation.
COSMO-SkyMed is a program of the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and the Ministry of Defense, with e-GEOS as the exclusive licensee of commercial data.