Corporate structure

The Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA - Centro Italiano di Ricerche Aerospaziali) is a joint-stock consortium company, established in 1984, and currently with majority public shareholdings. Since 1998, the State, through the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the National Research Council (CNR), has held the majority of the share capital, in which the Campania Regional Authority and the main Italian Aeorospace Companies are also shareholders. The Italian Space Agency, along with other Public Bodies controlled or supervised by State Administrations pursuant to Ministerial Decree Regulation dated 10 June 1998, no. 305, has appointed three members of the Board of Directors, among whom the President.

Corporate purpose/mission

CIRA S.c.p.A. has the task of implementing the PRORA - PROgramma nazionale di Ricerche Aerospaziali (National Aerospace Research Programme), a government measure, developed consistently with the National Research Programme (PNR - Programma Nazionale della Ricerca), through the Strategic Vision Document and based on the requirements expressed by the world of Industry and Research.

The net operating profit goes to the reserve fund called “Fondo reinvestimento ambito PRORA” (PRORA area reinvestment fund), as envisaged by the Company Statute.

Legal status: Joint-stock Consortium Company with a majority of public shareholders.

Share capital: € 985,223.75

ASI shareholding: 47.182%

Graphic representation highlighting the links between ASI and the subsidiary company

The CIRA website

Summary table on the ASI Transparent Administration page

Board of Directors members appointed by ASI:

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‣ News

WEDNESDAY 15 MARCH 2023

ITALIAN PRESIDENT, SERGIO MATTARELLA, VISITS THE “LUIGI BROGLIO” SPACE CENTER IN MALINDI ‣

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WEDNESDAY 01 MARCH 2023

Agreement between the Italian Ministry of Culture and the Italian Space Agency for heritage study and protection ‣

“Eyes” in space to protect  our national cultural heritage. Cultural heritage data collection kicks off through the COSMO-SkyMed system developed by ASI in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense MORE...

TUESDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2022

ESA Ministerial Conference: Urso, agreement with France and Germany on the future of European launchers ‣

The Minister: this is how we build the European strategic autonomy 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...

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2022

LICIACube: here come the first images captured by an Italian satellite in the deep space ‣

The Italian Space Agency and the company Argotec have released the first pictures taken by LICIACube, the only satellite involved in the NASA’s planetary defense mission, DART MORE...