https://spacewatch.global/tag/italy/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:26:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/italy/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/01/italy-engages-in-discussions-with-spacex-for-secure-satellite-connectivity/ Tue, 07 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63288 According to a Bloomberg recent report, Italian officials have been negotiating a €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) deal involving supplying Italy with a full range of top-level encryption for telephone and Internet services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/space-foundation-reports-7-4-global-space-economy-growth/ Fri, 19 Jul 2024 06:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56165 Space Foundation has reported the size of the 2023 global space economy to be $570 billion in 2023, an increase of 7.4% from 2022’s revised sum of $531 billion, a total that represents the continued growth of the industry in the public and private sectors. This growth is consistent with the industry’s five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.3% and is nearly double the size of the space economy a decade ago.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/05/spacewatchgl-geopolitics-italys-unfulfilled-space-destiny/ Wed, 08 May 2024 08:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55082 This year Italy is hosting two of the most important events for the Space domain, alongside chairing the G7. But what could be the perfect opportunity to consolidate Italy’s position in the Space sector falls short in the hands of a political class without a clear strategic vision, confining Italy to be characterized by a historical lack of planning capacity and low technical ambitions, in contrast with the several industrial and academic excellences that it expresses at worldwide level in the aerospace sector.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/09/space-factor-ita-ep-03-giovanni-sylos-labini/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 08:30:52 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=50855 Welcome to Space Factor, the new  podcast mini-series presented by SpaceWatch.Global in collaboration with Dassault Systèmes Italia, the leading agency supporting the creation, simulation and production of space systems. Our aim is to connect space leaders with aspiring students and innovative thinkers in the Italian space sector. We have chosen to produce Space Factor in Italian to foster a local and direct approach to discussing space and its societal benefits.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/d-orbit-secures-four-multi-million-contracts-with-asi-and-esa/ Fri, 23 Jun 2023 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49593 D-Orbit has secured four multi-million contracts under the framework of Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). These contracts represent a great opportunity for the Company to take part in national projects that will mark historical milestones in the space sector and cooperate with some of the most renowned and innovative Italian companies in the industry.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/03/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-italy-by-dr-emma-gatti-5-april-2023/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:28:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47445 This Space Café Italy will feature Prof. Luigi Carrino, President of Distretto Tecnologico Aerospaziale della Campania, and Dr.ssa Mariella Pappalepore, the CFO of Planetek Italia, in conversation with Dr Emma Gatti, Editor- in-Chief and correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Italy. Southern Space - A view of the Italian Space industry in the southern regions]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/02/space-cafe-italy-ep-7-gino-bucciol-recap/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 17:00:57 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=46585 The 7th episode of Space Cafè Italy featured Gino Bucciol, co-founder and VP of Business Development Officer of Officina Stellare SpA, in conversation with Editor In Chief and radio host Dr. Emma Gatti.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/11/italy-germany-and-france-sign-joint-statement-on-the-future-of-launcher-exploitation/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 07:00:48 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=45001 Minutes before the opening ceremony that inaugurated the 22nd ESA's Council Ministerial, this year held in Paris, Italy, Germany and France signed a joint statement regarding the future of launcher exploitation within the Union. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/spacewatchgl-opinion-italys-strategy-and-position-at-the-next-esas-cm-22/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:00:20 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44146 The space sector has completely changed in the past few years. France is now the driving force behind the European space sector (albeit more for its purposes rather than for shared European goals), and Germany, apparently distracted by national rearmament, is still determined to defend its ambitions, so as not to completely leave the ground to Paris. In the face of all this, what is Italy’s position? Further apart, it appears.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/09/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-italy-by-dr-emma-gatti-on-29-september-2022/ Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=43456 This Space Café Italy will feature Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes at ESA and Head of ESRIN, in conversation with Dr. Emma Gatti, host for Space Cafè Radio and correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Italy. A strategy to bring Space to Earth: a dialogue with Simonetta Cheli]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/space-cafe-radio-on-tour-in-bonn-with-simonetta-cheli/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 08:00:06 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41974 In this Space Café Radio, SpaceWatch.Global Event coordinator and Space Café Young Global Talents Host Chiara Moenter spoke with Simonetta Cheli, Director of Earth Observation Programmes and Head of ESRIN (D/EOP) at the Living Planet Symposium in Bonn.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/07/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-italy-on-21-july-2022/ Mon, 04 Jul 2022 13:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41945&preview=true&preview_id=41945 This Space Café Italy will feature Cinzia Zuffada, NASA’s JPL Deputy Chief Scientist and President of the Italian Scientists and Scholars in North America Foundation (ISSNAF), in conversation with Dr. Emma Gatti, host for Space Cafè Radio and correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Italy. New Opportunities for Washington and Rome]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/06/space-cafe-italy-ep-3-with-massimo-claudio-comparini-thales-alenia-space-italy-mission-projects-and-the-next-step-for-the-italian-space-sector/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41373 In the third episode of Space Café Italy Dr. Emma Gatti is in conversation with Massimo Claudio Comparini, the CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italy, a global space manufacturing company that has been providing high-tech solutions for Telecommunications, Navigation, Earth Observation, environmental management, scientific research and orbital infrastructure for more than four decades. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2022/05/register-today-for-our-space-cafe-italy-on-1-june-2022/ Wed, 25 May 2022 06:00:13 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=41126&preview=true&preview_id=41126 This Space Café Italy will feature Massimo Claudio Comparini, CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italy, in conversation with Dr. Emma Gatti, host for Space Cafè Radio and correspondent of SpaceWatch.Global for Italy. TASI: Ruolo, Progetti, Futuro. Start the summer with a kick with Space Café Italy! ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/10/spacewatchgl-opinion-in-a-historic-first-eight-nations-formally-recognize-the-need-to-preserve-heritage-in-space/ Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=27422&preview=true&preview_id=27422 On October 13, 2020, the civilian space agencies of eight nations – Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States – announced that they had agreed to 12 Principles for Cooperation in the Civil Exploration and Use of the Moon, Mars, Comets, and Asteroids, known colloquially as the Artemis Accords.  ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/06/b-life-ses-and-govsat-deploy-mobile-covid-19-testing-laboratory-to-italy/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=23816&preview=true&preview_id=23816 The Piedmont regional government in Italy and healthcare professionals will be using the satellite-enabled mobile Biological Light Fieldable Laboratory for Emergencies, known as B-LiFE, to scale COVID-19 screening operations. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/field-campaign-of-igluna-2020-will-happen-online/ Tue, 12 May 2020 05:00:24 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22387 The Field Campaign of IGLUNA 2020, initially planned to take place in Lucerne from 10-19 July 2020, has been replaced by an online version due to the current Covid-19 pandemic.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/thales-alenia-space-to-develop-in-spain-the-tdrs-transmitter-for-vega-launchers/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:00:15 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22047 Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced on 27 April 2020 the signing of a contract with AVIO S.p.A., industrial prime contractor of the VEGA launch vehicle, in the frame of LEAP program of the European Space Agency (ESA),]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/testing-a-3d-printer-on-the-moon-using-lunar-dust-and-a-laser/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 05:00:36 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21712 A 3D printer that produces objects using lunar dust and a laser?It's not science fiction, but a near-future scenario when a 3D printer prototype is tested on the Moon, according to research from Italy's Politecnico di Milano.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/marubeni-announces-new-partnership-with-interstellar-technologies-and-d-orbit-spa/ Fri, 17 Apr 2020 05:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21655