https://spacewatch.global/tag/teodoro-valente/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:10:24 +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/teodoro-valente/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/12/spacexs-transporter-15-mission-launches-over-140-payloads-including-iceye-ohb-italia-and-c3ss/ Mon, 01 Dec 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=69367 SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-15 mission to sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, 28 November. On board this mission were 140 payloads, including cubesats, microsats, hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles carrying 13 of those payloads. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/07/thales-alenia-space-led-consortium-to-build-italian-space-agencys-mph-lunar-module/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=66526 Thales Alenia Space has been contracted by ASI for a pressurized Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module for the lunar surface. The preliminary design phase will also include the development of critical enabling technologies. Planned for launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 2033, the MPH module will subsequently be the first ever dedicated habitation asset on the lunar surface]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/02/italy-and-uae-to-collaborate-on-lunar-and-asteroid-missions/ Tue, 25 Feb 2025 07:00:07 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64121 ASI, the UAE Space Agency, and MBRSC have signed two important Memorandums of Understanding towards strengthening international collaboration in the space exploration sector. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/01/iride-pathfinder-hawk-satellite-launches-to-orbit/ Thu, 16 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=63460 The first IRIDE satellite – the Pathfinder Hawk – is now in orbit around Earth after lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 14 January. This new microsatellite is a prototype for one of the six IRIDE constellations, aiming to provide precise information for a wide range of environmental, emergency and security services for Italy. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/10/esa-launches-moonlight-program-for-lunar-infrastructure/ Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=61744 ESA has launched its Moonlight program, an initiative to create a satellite constellation orbiting the Moon for communications and navigation services. With over 400 planned lunar missions by space agencies and private companies in the next two decades, this program marks a significant step towards sustainable lunar exploration and the development of a lunar economy.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/07/italy-africa-space-conference-to-hold-in-rome-on-july-15-16/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:00:41 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56121 Representatives from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will meet with Representatives from Africa. The two days of meetings will revolve around relations between Italy and the African countries. The conference will open at the headquarters of the Ministry on the morning of Monday 15 July and continue in the afternoon and the following day at the headquarters of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/06/teodoro-valente-resumes-as-asis-president/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 06:00:26 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=49441 Teodoro Valente, the new president of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), has resumed office at the agency's headquarters in Rome. Valente's candidacy was proposed by the COMINT, chaired by Adolfo Urso, the Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy.]]>