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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ESA awarded IRIDE satellite manufacturing contracts to Italy-based teams led by Thales Alenia Space, Argotec, Sitael, OHB, and D-Orbit.
Argotec placed an order with GomSpace for power systems valued at €845,000 to be delivered over the coming 12 months and completed by 2024-01-01.
LICIACube, built by Argotec and deployed from NASA’s DART spacecraft, returned 627 pictures of DART’s collision with Dimorphos.
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.
CAES was chosen by Argotec to provide the radiation-hardened GR712RC dual-core LEON0.914 m SPARC V8 microprocessor on several Argotec space missions.
ArgoMoon is a 6U satellite built on Argotec’s Hawk 6 platform.