Telespazio, a member of the Space Alliance between Finmeccanica and Thales , is a world leader in satellite services: from management of satellites to Earth observation services, from satellite navigation to broadband multimedia telecommunications.

Telespazio plays a leading role in the reference markets harnessing technological experience acquired over the years and through its participation in major European space programmes such as: Galileo, EGNOS, GMES and COSMO-SkyMed. Telespazio business areas are:

Satellite operations - Telespazio offers integrated solutions covering the space mission value chain: definition, development and integration of the ground segment with control stations and centres, as well as launch assistance and satellite orbit positioning (Launch and Early Orbit Phase - LEOP). Telespazio provides telemetry services, TT&C (Tracking, Telemetry and Command), operations and ground segment management.
Defence - Telespazio is the primary satellite service provider for the Italian Ministry of Defense. As a result, the Company supports Italian Armed Forces both in the national and international operational scenarios providing commercial services and applications. The strategic role of Telespazio in milsatcom is clearly pointed out by its involvement in the Sicral Program. Due to the Private Public Partnership signed in July 2007 with Italian MoD, Telespazio is going to become one of the most important commercial provider of military satellite capacity in both UHF and SHF frequency bands.

Networks and Connectivity - Telespazio wide, long-standing presence in the satcom services value chain produced an extensive up-to-date product portfolio, spread into three major product lines, created to develop and optimize the internal resources and know-how:
Fixed Platforms: Telespazio designs, develops and manages global coverage telecommunication networks, in particular provides with a wide range of Broadband Ip network solutions and value added services through FullSat bidirectional IPoS standard platforms and provides turn key solutions for corporate and Institutional Customers with Skyplex Platform. Furthermore, Telespazio develops and manages systems for the broadcast distribution and transport of Television signals for national and international broadcasters.
Mobile Platforms: providing innovative and effective solutions for the entire civil transportation sector: on land road, rail, sea and air; also in the full mobile context. Specialised mobile applications have been engineered for emergency, redundancy and other "on demand" needs, i.e. SNG, GSM backhauling.
Telecommunication Infrastructure: Telespazio is a leader provider of reliable and secure Teleport Services, leveraging on a worldwide Space Center network, operated 24h/d -7d/w and reliably connected to fiber networks and the IP backbone. Telespazio either "houses" Customer Purchased Equipment or "host" services, when uplink/downlink over existing antennas are offered. In-house qualified engineering teams provide Engineering & Operation (Support) Services, also at Customers locations, to design, implement, integrate, operate and maintain complex or innovative satcom solutions.

Earth Observation - Telespazio carries out all Earth Observation commercial activities: from acquiring and processing satellite data, to the development and sale of software and products. Telespazio's services are mainly directed towards agencies and companies performing land use control studies, civil protection, disaster management, cartography, agricultural applications and geomarketing. In particular, Telespazio is participating as main player for the development of the ground segment of the ASI COSMO-SkyMed programme, based on a constellation of four satellites operating in any atmospheric condition. Furthermore, the company takes part of the ESA programme GMES, that will provide monitoring services for surveillance and homeland security.

Navigation and Infomobility - Telespazio is Finmeccanica's key operator in navigation and localisation services, a role confirmed by its contribution to the development of Galileo, the European satellite navigation programme. One of the two control centres that will manage the Galileo constellation and mission will be based at the Telespazio Fucino Space Centre. Telespazio will also be responsible for setting up one of the two signal performance validation centres near Rome. Telespazio will play a leading role in the construction and management of the Galileo Test Range (Gtr), the multifunctional technological infrastructure for satellite navigation that will support the development of the system, applications, navigation and positioning equipment.

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