Telespazio will take part in the photographic exhibition, "The other Face of Istanbul" (The other Istanbul), which will be held at the Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome, on 16 - 25 November 2007. The event aims to promote, through the medium of photography, an up-to-date, contemporary image of the Turkish city, emphasising its important role in Mediterranean culture.

Telespazio will present some high-resolution satellite images of Istanbul that will show through the eye of the satellite the city's two faces: both traditional and more modern.

Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, has announced a 85% takeover of Fileas, with the remaining 15% still held by Agence France Presse.
This acquisition comes within the scope of Telespazio's development strategy in France in the field of satellite telecommunications services.

Thanks to the acquisition of Fileas, Telespazio is extending its range of satellite data broadcasting services and intensifying its efforts towards developing its other service activities.

Fileas, which was founded in 1986 under the name PolyCom, is a software solutions editor and international operator for data broadcasting services by satellite and other networks to approximately 10,000 receiving stations (a dozen broadcasting centres). As part of its services, Fileas offers worldwide coverage, a round the clock service and a guaranteed quality of service.

25 October to 6 November 2007, Telespazio will be exhibiting at the Genoa Science Festival, now in its fifth year. The show will consist of around 400 events held over 13 days, including exhibitions, workshops, interactive displays, live shows and music. This year’s theme will be "Curiosity".

As part of the display “La strada che porta allo Spazio passa per il nostro Paese” (“The road to space passes through our Country”) sponsored by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) with the contribution of Finmeccanica, Telespazio will be presenting a serie of satellite images of the earth, showing phenomena such as desertification, melting ice caps, rising sea levels, deforestation and the unstoppable expansion of the world’s biggest cities. The seat is Magazzini del Cotone, modulo 9, ground floor.

Telespazio will also take part in the round table discussion sponsored by Finmeccanica, "Technological innovation in daily life", to be held on 3 November at 10 am in Genoa’s Palazzo Ducale.

An international workshop entitled "Novel Spaceways for Scientific and Exploration Missions" is to be held at the Fucino Space Centre and at the Scuola Superiore Reiss Romoli in L'Aquila 15 to 17 October.

The opening ceremony will be held on 15 October at the Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre, and will be attended by Giuseppe Veredice, CEO of Telespazio, the Italian astronaut Roberto Vittori, Silvano Casini, European Space Agency, Sylvio Ferraz-Mello, University of Sao Paulo, and Reno Mandolesi, INAF/Italy.

The workshop marks the opening of Telespazio’s Space OPS Academy, which will develop its students’ technical and professional skills in the strategic sectors of satellite management, integration of satellite capabilities, Earth observation services, satellite navigation, integrated connectivity and value added.

The Space OPS Academy aims to become a centre of excellence that will promote networking between companies, universities, research bodies and government agencies. The objective is to develop expertise, facilitate the spread of scientific knowledge, share international experience, encourage interconnection between multi-disciplinary sectors, boost research and innovation, and systemise know-how in the sector.

Telespazio plans to promote knowledge sharing between the sectors of international satellite missions and services, and communications. To do this it is offering its particular strategic core capabilities, which range flight dynamics to ground systems management and satellite operations. More generally, it is offering its intellectual capital, as well as its hardware and software assets, for the initiative.

With the completion of the checking and setup phases, COSMO-SkyMed, the world’s first Earth observation satellite constellation, has entered full operational mode. The first of the four radar satellites that make up the constellation, and will work together with the two French HELIOS 2 optical satellites, has completed the necessary technical checks to establish and optimise its efficiency.

The first very high resolution images that the system can produce, in all weather and light conditions, thanks to SAR technology, were unveiled at the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) Centro di Geodesia Spaziale (space geodesy centre) at Matera. Its high revisiting frequency, global coverage, and peculiar technical features render COSMO-SkyMed the most advanced system in the world.

COSMO-SkyMed is a programme run by the Italian Space Agency and the Defence Ministry. Its satellites are built by Thales Alenia Space, while Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, is responsible for the ground segment and running operations.

COSMO-SkyMed’s images will be acquired by the Matera Space Centre and marketed by e-GEOS, a subsidiary of Telespazio in which ASI owns a stake.

The constellation’s second satellite is due to go into orbit by the end of 2007, and the entire system will be complete by 2009.