Telespazio to take part in Satellite 2009
| Telespazio will participate at Satellite 2009, the conference and exhibition to be held at the Washington D.C. Convention Center 24 to 27 March. The company will have its own stand in the display area of the exhibition and will demonstrate its activities in the earth observation, telecommunications, navigation and infomobility, and space operations sectors. Also sharing the stand with Telespazio will be DRS Technologies, the American company bought by Finmeccanica in October 2008, and with which Telespazio signed two important agreements in December last year. These agreements were for the supply of telecommunications services through the SICRAL Italian satellites and through Telespazio’s teleport in Fucino, Italy. | ||
| In detail, Telespazio will be able to provide satellite capacity to DRS Technologies through the SICRAL satellites of the Italian MoD – specifically through SICRAL 1B, that will be launched in April 2009. With this agreement Telespazio will enter fully onto the list of preferred suppliers of satellite services to DRS Technologies, and will begin a process of US market penetration in the military communication (Milsatcom) and teleport (global network communications) sectors. For Telespazio, the objective will be to further develop its business in the areas of homeland security, telemedicine and e-learning. At Satellite 2009 Telespazio will show its activities in the field of earth observation and, specifically, the applications of satellites in the COSMO-SkyMed constellation, marketed globally by e-GEOS, a company that is majority-owned by Telespazio and in which the Italian Space Agency (ASI) also holds a stake. e-GEOS is targeting a role as global leader in the geospatial information sector, offering an integrated range of application solutions, contents and services based on radar data and high resolution optics. This will allow the company to cover the full value chain in the earth observation sector: data acquisition and processing to the supply of services and applications. In particular, data received the COSMO-SkyMed radar satellites, thanks to the unique and innovative features of the system, will enable the company to offer operative monitoring services that until now have not been possible. Last January e-GEOS signed a contract worth €180m with 4C Satellite Images & Technologies, for the ceding of commercialisation rights in North Africa, Middle East and South East Asia for data COSMO-SkyMed. The agreement represents an important development in the earth observation sector and launches a new era in security and surveillance services in near-real-time. Finally, in Washington Telespazio will present its services for the management of space vehicles: small scientific satellites to big constellations. the Fucino space centre the company is able to cover all phases of a space mission: launch to placement in final orbit, through to the control and management of the operating life of the satellites. | ||
| Telespazio, a Finmecanica/Thales company, participates at SAT EXPO 2009, the international exhibition for space and advanced telecommunications, which will be held for the second year running at the Nuova Fiera di Roma (Rome’s exhibition centre) 19 to 21 March. The Company will be present at the show within the Finmeccanica stand, together with Thales Alenia Space, Alenia Aeronautica, SELEX Galileo, SELEX Communications and Elsag Datamat. | ||
| In the large exhibition area there will be the innovative products and services in sectors such as earth observation, security, telecommunications, exploration, navigation and mobile information, and intermedia. At SAT EXPO Telespazio will present its role in the space programs, Galileo, COSMO-SkyMed and SICRAL. The company will also demonstrate the applications developed in the field of telemedicine, e-learning, e-government, homeland security, and on-board mobile information systems for trains. | ||
| e-GEOS, a company set up by Telespazio (Finmeccanica/Thales) and the Italian Space Agency, has signed a contract worth 180 million Euro with Luxembourg based company 4C Satellite Images & Technologies SA (4C) for the exclusive transfer of the marketing rights of the Earth observation radar data the Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellites in Nord Africa-Middle East and South East Asia. | ||
| Under the agreement, 4C will be the exclusive distributor of COSMO-SkyMed data in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) markets for the next ten years. In addition, 4C will acquire a ground station e-GEOS for the reception and processing of COSMO-SkyMed data, which will be built in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region. e-GEOS and 4C will also work together on training activities and the development of applications. The agreement also provides 4C with the right to distribute COSMO-SkyMed products in substantially all other African countries on a non-exclusive basis pursuant to an ancillary agreement which the parties have agreed to negotiate and sign prior to July 31, 2009. The agreement marks a major development in the global Earth observation industry and is expected to open up a new era in the security and surveillance services, particularly in the field of near real-time monitoring. The COSMO-SkyMed satellites have comprehensive data acquisition capabilities and can acquire images during the day, at night and in all weather conditions, thanks to a very high frequency low Earth orbit revisit cycle (every three to six hours). e-GEOS The company, which is majority owned by Telespazio (Finmeccanica 67%, Thales 33%) with the remaining shares held by the Italian Space Agency, with sites in Rome and Matera, aims to become a global leader in the sector of geospatial information, with an integrated range of application solutions, content and services, based on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Very High Resolution (VHR) optical data. e-GEOS will operate along the whole of the value chain in Earth observation, data acquisition and processing to the provision of services and applications. Thanks to the system’s unique and innovative characteristics, the data acquired the radar satellites of the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation will enable the company to offer operational monitoring services that up to now were impossible. 4C Satellite Images & Technologies SA. A company created under Luxembourg law, which is 100%-controlled by the 4C Controls Inc. The company markets Earth observation products and data based on high-resolution, optical and radar technology at international level. COSMO-SkyMed The COSMO-SkyMed satellite system, financed by the Italian Space Agency and the Ministry of Defence, comprises a constellation of four satellites (three of which are in orbit, with the launch of the fourth one scheduled for early 2010), and is equipped with radar sensors capable of operating day and night in all atmospheric conditions and with frequent revisitation times. | ||
Through its subsidiary MARS Center (Microgravity Advanced Research and Support Center) Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, is set to take part in scientific experiments to be conducted on board the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA’s Space Shuttle Atlantis, after been postponed twice in December, will set off on mission STS-122 on 7 February 2008 at 9.45 pm Italian time. The main goal of the mission will be to install the Columbus module, built in Italy by Thales Alenia Space, on the International Space Station.
The Naples-based MARS Center, which is 100% controlled by Telespazio, was given the role of Facility Responsible Center by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the Fluid Science Laboratory that will operate in the Columbus module. The laboratory will conduct experiments into the behaviour of fluids in microgravity. The experiments will be carried out both by the astronauts on board the ISS, and by MARS operators via commands sent the control room in Naples.
The MARS Center will be responsible for running the Fluid Science Laboratory during operations on board the ISS, and will be required to co-ordinate all the pre-mission activities, prepare the experiments and promote the scientific use of the facility itself to potential customers.
The MARS Center will be actively involved in Geoflow, the first experiment to be carried out inside the Columbus module, which will simulate the geophysical characteristics of the Earth’s liquid core. The aim is to gain a better understanding of the phenomena generated by the Earth’s magnetic field.
The MENTORE (Implementation of GNSS Tracking & Tracing Technologies for EU Regulated Domains) partners launched Phase II of the project on 30 January 2008, by validating the 3 pre-ed pilots and ing two additional ones. These will be tested and analysed thoroughly until Spring 2009.
The MENTORE project, coordinated by Telespazio, introduces EGNOS/Galileo in regulated “Tracking & Tracing” users domains. MENTORE is a research & development project targeting the Commission “Green Paper on Satellite Navigation Applications”.
For further information, please visit: http://www.gnsstracking.eu.
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