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The Italian Space Agency signed two contracts with Leonardo for a total value of about 33 million euros on the development and construction of the PLATiNO 3 high-resolution camera and the PLATiNO 4 hyperspectral camera
NASA's Artemis 1 mission, carrying ArgoMoon, the satellite of the Italian Space Agency, developed and operated by Argotec, took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on 16 November 2022
The astronaut attended a press conference from the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne
After successfully passing the test and in-flight qualification stage, the data acquired by the CSG2 satellite are made available to users by the Italian Space Agency and Ministry of Defence
The third study was published in Nature Communications by an Italian-US team
The agreement has been signed the president of the Italian Space Agency, Giorgio Saccoccia, and the director of the German Space Agency (DLR), Walther Pelzer
The space showcase par excellence takes place in Paris from September 18th to September 22nd, 2022, and precedes the next European edition, which will take place in Italy with IAC Milan 2024, organized by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) and hosted by the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA), the ASI and Leonardo
A busy airshow for the ASI and the national space companies

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MONDAY 23 JANUARY 2023

The Italian Space Agency and Leonardo sign payload contracts for the upcoming PLATiNO missions for Earth observation with minisatellites ‣

The Italian Space Agency signed two contracts with Leonardo for a total value of about 33 million euros on the development and construction of the PLATiNO 3 high-resolution camera and the PLATiNO 4 hyperspectral camera MORE...

SATURDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2022

Artemis 1: ArgoMoon captured photos of the Earth and Moon ‣

NASA's Artemis 1 mission, carrying ArgoMoon, the satellite of the Italian Space Agency, developed and operated by Argotec, took off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre on 16 November 2022 MORE...

SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER 2022

Welcome back home, Samantha Cristoforetti ‣

The astronaut attended a press conference from the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne MORE...

MONDAY 03 OCTOBER 2022

The second COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) satellite becomes operational and strengthens even more the established role and contribution of Italy in the field of Earth observation ‣

After successfully passing the test and in-flight qualification stage, the data acquired by the CSG2 satellite are made available to users by the Italian Space Agency and Ministry of Defence

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