Sitael is the largest privately-owned Italian company operating in the space sector. It specializes in the design, development, and production of small satellites, advanced propulsion systems, and avionics. Sitael provides complete solutions for Earth observation, telecom, and science missions, and partners with major space players like ESA, NASA, CNES, JAXA and ASI. Key areas include small satellites, electric propulsion, space avionics, and test services.
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Argotec, CIRA, and SITAEL are consortium partners in the Space Factory 4.0 programme led by Thales Alenia Space.
Virgin Galactic signed agreements with Italian companies Altec and Sitael in 2018 to examine flights from Grottaglie.
The satellite platform for the EAGLE-1 Quantum Cryptography System will be delivered by the Italian aerospace company SITAEL.
Thales Alenia Space leads a consortium including Argotec, CIRA, and Sitael to develop the Space Factory 4.0 interconnected system.
Thales Alenia Space is leading a consortium that includes Argotec, CIRA, and Sitael to develop an interconnected Space Factory 4.0 system with facilities located across Italy.
Leonardo is providing the instruments for Sitael’s hyperspectral IRIDE satellites.
ESA awarded IRIDE satellite manufacturing contracts to Italy-based teams led by Thales Alenia Space, Argotec, Sitael, OHB, and D-Orbit.
PLATiNO 2 is developed by SITAEL for the Italian Space Agency and is an institutional mission for Vega C.
Celestia Antwerp deployed a test system team to design, develop, and manufacture the Payload Data and TTC Special Check-Out Equipment for Sitael’s PLATiNO smallsat platform.
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.
The full list of New Symphonie collaborators includes AEROSPACELAB, ANYWAVES, AVIO, CAILABS, DE-CIX, EXOLAUNCH, EXOTRAIL, FRESNEL ALLIANCE, GOMSPACE, GREENERWAVE, INTEGRASYS, KSAT, LOFT ORBITAL, QEST ANTENNA TECHNOLOGY, SATCONSULT, SECURE-IC, SENER, SITAEL, TESAT, and TRANSATEL.
Virgin Galactic has a framework agreement with Italian companies Altec and Sitael, working in cooperation with Italian government agencies, to establish SpaceShipTwo operations at the Taranto-Grottaglie Airport, and that agreement set no start date for flights.
On 2018-07-06, Virgin Orbit signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian company Sitael that could lead to LauncherOne missions from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in southern Italy despite no timetable being set.