Organizations/Italian Space Agency
AS
Italian Space Agency
Government Agency · Italy · Founded 1988 · asi.it
The Italian Space Agency is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy. The agency cooperates with numerous national and international entities who are active in aerospace research and technology.
Headquarters
Rome
Italy
Ownership
Government
Leader
Teodoro Valente
Employees
51-200
Founded 1988
Total Launches
3
0 this year · ~0/month
Satellites in Orbit
16
23 operated all time
Government Awards
$21M
11 awards tracked
Upcoming Launches
- KOMPSAT-6 & PLATiNO 1Vega-C · customer, launching with Avio S.p.A
- PLATiNO-2Vega-C · customer, launching with Avio S.p.A
- SBG-TIRVega-C · customer, launching with Avio S.p.A
Products & Capabilities
Hyperspectral Imaging
Fleet
No launch vehicles operated directly.
Launches per Year
100% launch success rate
Satellites Launched per Year
Fleet in Orbit
- HERMES Pathfinder H22025-03-15 · LEO · Operator
- HERMES Pathfinder H12025-03-15 · LEO · Operator
- HERMES Pathfinder H32025-03-15 · LEO · Operator
- HERMES Pathfinder H52025-03-15 · LEO · Operator
- HERMES Pathfinder H62025-03-15 · LEO · Operator
Constellation
- IRIDEEarth observation · Deploying36 activeNo public target
Government Awards
Buyers
- European Commission$21M
Largest awards
- 2-3SST2018-20: Second funding line in Work Programme 2018-2020 for the further development of a E…European Commission · 2020-12-16$9.2M€7.6M
- 2-3SST2016: Second and third funding line in 2016-2017 for the establishment of a European SST se…European Commission · 2017-12-12$6.4M€5.4M
- 3SST2015: Third funding line in 2015 for the establishment of a European SST service provision fu…European Commission · 2016-06-29$2.0M€1.7M
- 2SST2015: Second funding line in 2015 for the establishment of a European SST Service provision f…European Commission · 2016-07-01$664K€600K
- PERASPERA: PERASPERA (AD ASTRA) Plan European Roadmap and Activities for SPace Exploitation of Ro…European Commission · 2014-11-20$635K€509K
- ENTRUSTED: European Networking for satellite Telecommunication Roadmap for the governmental Users…European Commission · 2020-08-21$574K€485K
- EPIC2: Electric Propulsion Innovation and Competitiveness 2.0 (EPIC2)European Commission · 2020-01-23$498K€448K
- EPIC: Electric Propulsion Innovation and CompetitivenessEuropean Commission · 2014-11-20$477K€382K
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Data Sources for This Record
curated, with source
Q392953
Launch statistics
Launch Library 2 · updated every 6h
GCAT (J. McDowell, CC-BY 4.0) · weekly
official procurement records · twice a month