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Italian Air Force

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Italy
www.aeronautica.difesa.it/
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The Italian Air Force signed a contract with Virgin Galactic in October 2019 for a future dedicated SpaceShipTwo flight that will include three Italian researchers.

Mentioned as: Italian Air ForceNarrative PlanOct 14, 2020NASA selects first human-tended suborbital research payload

Virgin Galactic signed a contract on 2019-10-02 with the Italian Air Force to fly a set of research payloads and three people on a future SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceflight.

Mentioned as: Italian Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2019Virgin Galactic to fly Italian Air Force research mission

The Italian Air Force plans to work with the Italian space agency ASI, the research organization CNR, and universities on the research payloads for the flight.

Mentioned as: Italian Air ForceOrg RelationshipOct 2, 2019Virgin Galactic to fly Italian Air Force research mission
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