Satellites & Spacecraft companies in Italy
Space Atlas lists 18 organisations in Italy working in satellites & spacecraft: 10 private companies, 6 startups, 1 government agency, 1 research institution. That is 28% of the 64 space organisations in Italy and 3% of the 597 in this sector worldwide. Most are based in Rome (5), Turin (4), Naples (1).
Private Company (10)
- ALI – Aerospace Laboratory for Innovative Components S.p.A. (ALI) · Private Company · Naples
Naples space company — develops the IRENE deployable re-entry system, MiniLab microgravity labs and payload recovery services.
- Argotec · Private Company · Turin
Designs and manufactures small satellites and space systems for science, exploration and defence.
- D-Orbit · Private Company · Fino Mornasco
Provides satellite transportation, in-orbit services and space logistics solutions.
- GAUSS Srl (Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems) · Private Company · Rome
Italian small-satellite company spun out of Sapienza — builds CubeSats, PocketQubes, UniSat platforms and orbital deployers.
- IMT srl · Private Company · Rome
Italian space SME — designs nano/microsatellites and on-board units, provides parts testing and satellite IoT solutions.
- Kayser Italia · Private Company · Livorno
Italian aerospace systems engineering firm — designs, builds and tests scientific payloads and experiment hardware for the ISS and other space platforms.
- Leonardo Space · Private Company · Rome
Italian aerospace group developing satellites, space systems and Earth observation solutions.
- NPC Spacemind · Private Company · Imola
Italian nanosatellite company, space division of NPC — builds CubeSat platforms, SMPOD deployers and deorbiting devices and supports small-satellite missions.
- TEMIS · Private Company · Corbetta
Italian space equipment company — designs and integrates electronic equipment and subsystems for satellites, with labs near Milan.
- Tyvak International · Private Company · Turin
Turin-based nano- and microsatellite builder — designed and built ESA's Milani CubeSat for Hera and ASI's IPERDRONE.0 mission.
Startup (6)
- AIKO · Startup · Turin
Italian space software startup — develops artificial intelligence for autonomous satellite operations and onboard mission replanning.
- Apogeo Space · Startup · Brescia
Italian picosatellite operator — designs and integrates 0.3U satellites in Brescia for a global IoT connectivity constellation (formerly GP Advanced Projects).
- ARCA Dynamics · Startup · Rome
Rome space surveillance startup — operates CubeSats with optical and RF sensors to track satellites and debris, supplying SSA data to EU SST services.
- Astradyne · Startup · Bari
Italian space startup — develops ultralight textile-based deployable solar arrays (Solar-Z) for small satellites.
- HIPPARCOS · Startup · Turin
Italian space startup developing ARGO, a multicamera star tracker for attitude determination on small satellites and constellations.
- Nautilus Navigation in Space · Startup · Bologna
First European private operator for deep-space SmallSat navigation — provides Flight Dynamics as a Service (FDaaS) for lunar, deep-space and LEO missions via the NEMO software s…
Government Agency (1)
- ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) · Government Agency · Rome
Italian Space Agency — promotes and coordinates space activities for science, exploration and Earth observation.
Research Institution (1)
- Centro Italiano Ricerche Aerospaziali (CIRA) · Research Institution · Capua
Italian Aerospace Research Centre — runs the national aerospace research programme PRO.R.A. with wind tunnels and space re-entry test facilities.