Ground Systems & Infrastructure companies in Italy
Space Atlas lists 8 organisations in Italy working in ground systems & infrastructure: 6 private companies, 1 spaceport/launch site, 1 startup. That is 13% of the 64 space organisations in Italy and 3% of the 263 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in Rome (2), Guidonia Montecelio (1), Turin (1).
Private Company (6)
- Advanced Computer Systems A.C.S. (ACS) · Private Company · Rome
Italian ground segment company — builds Earth observation payload data acquisition, processing and archiving systems for ESA and ASI missions.
- Alma Sistemi · Private Company · Guidonia Montecelio
Italian space engineering SME — supplies mechanical ground support equipment, test adapters and engineering services for satellite programmes.
- ALTEC – Aerospace Logistics Technology Engineering Company · Private Company · Turin
Italian space engineering company owned by Thales Alenia Space and ASI — provides ISS engineering, logistics and mission control for exploration missions such as ExoMars.
- Exprivia · Private Company · Molfetta
Italian ICT group listed on Euronext Milan — its aerospace unit, with subsidiary ACS, designs and operates EO payload data ground segments for ESA and ASI missions such as IRIDE…
- Serco Italia · Private Company · Frascati
Italian arm of Serco — runs Earth observation ground-segment infrastructure, data operations and user services for ESA at ESRIN.
- Telespazio · Private Company · Rome
European reference in satellite services — operates satellite control centres, navigation and Earth observation.
Spaceport/Launch Site (1)
- Grottaglie Spaceport (Taranto-Grottaglie Airport) · Spaceport/Launch Site · Grottaglie
Italian horizontal spaceport at Taranto-Grottaglie airport — designated in 2018 for suborbital flights and managed by Aeroporti di Puglia.
Startup (1)
- Leaf Space · Startup · Lomazzo
Italian ground segment company — operates a global network of ground stations offering satellite communication as a service.