Telespazio

Telespazio Spa
Company typePrivate joint venture
(Società per Azioni)
IndustryAerospace
Founded1961
Headquarters,
ServicesSatellite services
OwnerLeonardo (67%)
Thales Group (33%)
Number of employees
Approx. 3,000
SubsidiariesTelespazio VEGA UK
Telespazio VEGA Deutschland
Websitewww.telespazio.com

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.

  1. ^ "Galileo - Telespazio". www.telespazio.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Copernicus - Telespazio". www.telespazio.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
  3. ^ "SICRAL - Telespazio". www.telespazio.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Göktürk - Telespazio". Archived from the original on 22 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.