This section provides official information about the Italian Space Agency: profile, locations, internal organisation, management and contacts

‣ The Agency

The Italian Space Agency in brief: profile and activities

This section provides information about the organisational structure of ASI

The ASI space centers in Italy and abroad

The Italian Space Agency (ASI), as the national agency of reference in the aerospace sector, in pursuing the goals indicated in its Statute and in Legislative Decree no. 128/2003, has holdings, as a minority ...

The role of the Italian Space Agency  in Europe, its relationship with the European Space Agency and other international institutions

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‣ Latest News

THURSDAY 21 MAY 2026

The Italian Space Agency hosts an Indian delegation at Space Meetings Veneto ‣

Promotion and dialogue activities in the space sector fall within the scope of the Italy-India Joint Strategic Action Plan 2025-2029 MORE...

TUESDAY 19 MAY 2026

The Italian scientific community mourns Martin Weisskopf ‣

ASI - Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

Martin C. Weisskopf, born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1942 died on Saturday May 2, 2026, in Huntsville, Alabama. MORE...

FRIDAY 08 MAY 2026

ESA and JAXA team up on planetary defence, Ramses mission to asteroid Apophis ‣

The cooperation agreement signed today at the Italian Embassy in Berlin for the mission with significant Italian participation MORE...

MONDAY 19 JANUARY 2026

FIRST LOOK AT EARTH FROM THE COSMO-SKYMED FM3 SATELLITE ‣

Roma - La città eterna vista dal nuovo satellite COSMO-SkyMed di seconda generazione. Nell’immagine si individuano immediatamente la basilica di San Pietro, il Colosseo, le Stazioni di Termini e Tiburtina, Villa Borghese e Villa Ada e lo Stadio Olimpico

Just days after launch, the first images are received from the third satellite of the second generation of the Earth Observation programme promoted by the Italian Space Agency and the Ministry of Defence, involving national industry with Leonardo, Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and e-GEO MORE...

FRIDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2025

CIRA’s DFAN System Becomes Fully Operational ‣

Developed through the funding of Italian Space Agency within the PNRR Space Factory 4.0 MORE...