{"id":16779,"date":"2019-03-20T20:08:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/?page_id=16779"},"modified":"2020-04-10T14:23:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T12:23:15","slug":"altec-virgin-galactic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.asi.it\/en\/space-transportation\/altec-virgin-galactic\/","title":{"rendered":"ALTEC-VIRGIN GALACTIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The Altec-Virgin Galactic agreement involves the manufacturing of an Italian spaceport in the area of Taranto-Grottaglie, for suborbital flight experiments. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Altec (<\/span><strong><span lang=\"en-US\">Aerospace Logistics Technology Engineering Company<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"en-US\">) is a public-private company located in Turin, which constitutes a centre of excellence for the supply of engineering and logistic services to support the operation and utilization of the International Space Station and the development and realization of planetary exploration missions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">On December 4<\/span><sup><span lang=\"en-US\">th<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"en-US\">, 2016, Altec signed an agreement with Richard Branson\u2019s <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Virgin Galactic<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> for the trial of <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>suborbital flights<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. Based on the agreement protocol, Altec started a dialogue with Virgin Galactic to jointly assess the operational opportunities of an <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Italian spaceport<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> located in the area of Taranto-Grottaglie, where the \u201cMarcello Arlotta\u201d airport is located.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"western\" align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The spaceport will become a centre of excellence for research and to carry out suborbital flight experiments and training of astronauts and pilots, for didactic purposes and space tourism, by using the Virgin Galactic aircrafts. <\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Altec-Virgin Galactic agreement involves the manufacturing of an Italian spaceport in the area of Taranto-Grottaglie, for suborbital flight experiments. 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