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| Company type | Private joint venture (Società per Azioni) |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Satellite services |
| Owner | Leonardo (67%) Thales Group (33%) |
Number of employees | Approx. 3,000 |
| Subsidiaries | Telespazio VEGA UK Telespazio VEGA Deutschland |
| Website | www |
Telespazio Spa is a European spaceflight services company founded in 1961. It is a joint venture owned by Leonardo (67%) and Thales Group (33%) headquartered in Rome.
Telespazio provides services that include the design and development of space systems, the management of launch services and in-orbit satellite control, Earth observation services, integrated communications, satellite navigation and localization and scientific programmes. The company manages space infrastructure, such as the Fucino Space Centre - and is involved in programmes including Galileo,[1] EGNOS, Copernicus,[2] COSMO-SkyMed, SICRAL [3] and Göktürk.[4]
Telespazio operates in France as Telespazio France; in Germany as Telespazio Germany, GAF and Spaceopal; in the United Kingdom as Telespazio VEGA UK; in Spain as Telespazio Ibérica; and in Romania as Rartel. Telespazio operates in South America through Telespazio Brasil and Telespazio Argentina. In Italy, the company is also present through e-GEOS.
- ^ "Galileo - Telespazio". www.telespazio.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Copernicus - Telespazio". www.telespazio.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
- ^ "SICRAL - Telespazio". www.telespazio.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Göktürk - Telespazio". Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.