list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message telespazio vega uk ltd. type private subsidiary of telespazio industry space founded 1978 headquarters luton bedfordshire uk key people peter young ceo number of employees 120 2013 parent telespazio website 1 telespazio vega uk ltd. is a british space company based in luton bedfordshire . founded in 1978 by a small group of engineers at the european space operations centre esoc in darmstadt germany vega now works with space agencies satellite operators and manufacturers around the world . it works with the european space agency esa and esoc in germany european space research and technology centre estec in noordwijk the netherlands esa centre for earth observation esrin in rome italy and european space astronomy centre esac in madrid spain . since 1978 vega has worked on almost every esa mission and many other european and international programmes including mars express the automated transfer vehicle atv for the international space station iss the eumetsat polar system and the ground segment development for aden . on 1 january 2011 vega space ltd became a part of telespazio the rome based space systems services company . it was previously a part of finmeccanica having been originally acquired in 2008 as vega group plc. telespazio vega is an active member of ukspace the trade association for britain s space industry and is heavily involved with the international space innovation centre based in harwell . history edit vega was established in 1978 by a small group of engineers at the european space operations centre in darmstadt germany who bid for and won a contract to provide satellite operations support to esa missions . since then vega has continued to provide support on the same contract which has been re tendered every five years . the company has grown and evolved significantly in the past 32 years including the following milestones 1991 vega formed its german subsidiary company based in darmstadt the home of its two largest german based customers esoc and eumetsat 1992 vega floated on the london stock exchange 2004 vega acquired anite systems gmbh darmstadt a specialist space ground systems company 2008 vega delisted as plc from london stock exchange following acquisition by finmeccanica 2009 vega s parent in the finmeccanica group selex systems integration ltd continues to trade in the space domain under the name of vega 2010 vega space ltd formed as a subsidiary company of selex systems integration ltd 2011 ownership of vega space ltd transferred within finmeccanica to telespazio a finmeccanica thales company on 1 january 2011 . references edit ukspace website news story from satnews.com website press release from finmeccanica website uk space agency website external links edit 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