Telespazio
Sign in to saveTelespazio Spa is a European spaceflight services joint venture between Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (67%) and the French technology corporation Thales Group (33%). It forms one half of the Space Alliance along with Thales Alenia Space which is also owned by Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%).
Key facts
- Company.name
- Telespazio Spa
- Company.logo
- Telespazio.svg
- Company.type
- Joint venture
- Company.location_city
- Rome
- Company.location_country
- Italy
- Company.industry
- Aerospace
- Company.services
- Satellite services
- Company.owner
- Leonardo (67%)Thales Group (33%)
- Company.num_employees
- Approx. 3,000
- Company.subsid
- Telespazio UKTelespazio Germany
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Key dates
- Inception
- 18 October 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- Italy
- Headquarters
- Rome
- Owned by
- Thales Group
- Industry
- space industry
- Legal form
- società per azioni
- Official website
- www.telespazio.com
- Image
- Sede Telespazio - sede e-Geos.jpeg
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Telespazio Spa is a European spaceflight services joint venture between Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (67%) and the French technology corporation Thales Group (33%). It forms one half of the Space Alliance along with Thales Alenia Space which is also owned by Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%).
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, EGNOS, Copernicus, COSMO-SkyMed, SICRAL and Göktürk.