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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e-GEOS, composed of 20% Agenzia Spaziale Italiana and 80% Telespazio, is a leading company in providing Earth Observation services.
The COSMO-SkyMed program is operated by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense.
The meeting is part of a research project conducted in collaboration between Istat and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to gather data on the characteristics of companies in the space sector and their contribution to the national economic system.
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) has opened a permanent call for project proposals to be developed within its Concurrent Engineering Facility (CEF).
Eight Eaglet II satellites of the IRIDE program were launched into orbit by the Italian government and the European Space Agency (ESA), with support from the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The Italian delegation was led by Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, and the president of the Italian Space Agency, Teodoro Valente.
Teodoro Valente is the president of the Italian Space Agency.
The Italian Space Agency aims to perform a systemic coordination function at the national level and in response to new European scenarios.
Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone is the Director General of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
Teodoro Valente is the president of the Italian Space Agency.
A new second-generation satellite is ready to expand the COSMO-SkyMed constellation, which is part of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Ministry of Defense's Earth Observation program.
Luca Vincenzo Maria Salamone is the General Director of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
e-GEOS is a joint venture of the Italian Space Agency (20%) and Telespazio (80%) of the Leonardo Group.
Teodoro Valente is the president of the Italian Space Agency.
The Italian Space Agency announced the creation of a task force called 'Space and Blue' to develop integrated space-sea technologies.
Teodoro Valente, President of the Italian Space Agency, and General Franco Federici, Military Advisor to the Prime Minister, also attended the meeting.
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) announced on November 17, 2025, that Blue Origin is planning a new flight for the New Glenn rocket after the successful completion of its first two launches.
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) announced on November 17, 2025, that the Dream Chaser spaceplane, developed by Sierra Space, successfully passed a series of crucial tests.
COSMO-SkyMed is funded by the Italian Space Agency through resources allocated by the Ministry of University and Research and the Ministry of Defense.
COSMO-SkyMed was developed by the Italian Space Agency in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense.