Argotec is an Italian aerospace engineering company specializing in the production of small satellites and the development of solutions for human spaceflight. Their activities encompass design, development, integration, and in-orbit operations, with a focus on microsatellites for deep space missions. Argotec collaborates with major space agencies like NASA, ESA, and ASI, and has contributed to missions such as NASA's DART and Artemis 1. Associated keywords include small satellites, human spaceflight solutions, space services, and deep space exploration.
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Argotec's new production headquarters in Melbourne is part of the company's international expansion strategy while Turin remains its center for technological innovation and production.
Argotec participated in NASA's Artemis program with ArgoMoon, the only European satellite among the ten launched on Artemis I.
Argotec's new Melbourne site had 20 employees at opening and plans to exceed 60 employees within 24 months.
Argotec's new production headquarters is about 65 kilometers from the Kennedy Space Center.
Argotec has inaugurated a new production headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.
The first Argotec HEO satellite was launched two years after the contract was signed.
The HEO constellation includes 8 satellites built by Argotec.
The PwC-led consortium includes HyPrSpace, Andøya Spaceport, Argotec, Atlantic Spaceport Consortium, IDS Corporation, and Arctic Space.
Argotec inaugurated its SpacePark microsatellite production facility in San Mauro Torinese in October 2024.
Argotec, CIRA, and SITAEL are consortium partners in the Space Factory 4.0 programme led by Thales Alenia Space.
Argotec spent 25,000,000 EUR renovating the SpacePark building, adding clean rooms and mission control centers.
Argotec plans to expand in the United States and may seek funding in coming years to support U.S. expansion and research and development toward building 80% of its satellite subsystems in-house.
Argotec set aside 1,200 square meters of the SpacePark building for SpacePark HUB, an accelerator for startups developing technologies Argotec could use for its spacecraft.
Argotec opened a new SpacePark headquarters and manufacturing facility in Turin, Italy on 2024-10-18.
Argotec was originally contracted to build 10 satellites for IRIDE and signed a contract on 2024-10-16 for 15 additional satellites.
Argotec operates two facilities in the United States located in Largo, Maryland and Melbourne, Florida.
Argotec has nearly completed construction of the first batch of 10 satellites it is supplying for IRIDE.
Argotec plans to produce the next 15 IRIDE satellites in SpacePark, its facility near Turin scheduled to open on 2024-10-18.
Thales Alenia Space and Argotec have contracts dated 2024-10-16 at the International Astronautical Congress in Milan to supply satellites for Italy’s IRIDE Earth-observation constellation.
Argotec will provide 15 optical satellites to the IRIDE constellation under the 2024-10-16 contracts.