Telespazio
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Private joint venture (Società per Azioni) |
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| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
| Services | Satellite services |
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Leonardo (67%) Thales Group (33%) |
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Number of employees
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Approx. 2,500 |
| Subsidiaries | Telespazio VEGA |
| Website | www |
Telespazio Spa is a European spaceflight services company. It is a joint venture owned by Leonardo (67%) and Thales Group (33%) headquartered in Rome.
Telespazio activities range from the design and development of space systems to the management of launch services and in-orbit satellite control, from Earth observation services, integrated communications, satellite navigation and localization, to scientific programmes.
The company has over 50 years of activity. The company manages space infrastructure - such as the Fucino Space Centre - and is involved in programmes including Galileo (satellite navigation), EGNOS, Copernicus , COSMO-SkyMed, SICRAL and Göktürk .
Telespazio operates in France with Telespazio France; in Germany with Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH, GAF and Spaceopal ; in the United Kingdom with Telespazio VEGA United Kingdom; in Spain with Telespazio Ibérica; in Hungary with Telespazio Hungary and in Romania with Rartel.
Telespazio operates in South America through Telespazio Brasil and Telespazio Argentina. It operates in the USA through Telespazio North America. In Italy, the company is also present through e-GEOS .
Telespazio was founded in 1961. The company became a Franco-Italian joint venture on 1 July 2005, through a merger between Telespazio and the space services division of Alcatel. Creation of the joint venture was concurrent with the creation of Alcatel Alenia Space (now Thales Alenia Space), formed by the merger of two other Alcatel and Finmeccanica (since 2016 rebranded Leonardo-Finmeccanica) space businesses (Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio respectively).
In 2007, the European Commission approves the transfer to Thales of Alcatel’s interests in joint ventures Alcatel Alenia Space (Thales: 67%; Finmeccanica: 33%) and Telespazio (Finmeccanica: 67%; Thales: 33%). This creates the new Space Alliance between Thales and Finmeccanica.
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