an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message telespazio spa type private joint venture societ per azioni industry aerospace founded 1961 headquarters rome italy services satellite services owner leonardo finmeccanica 67 % thales group 33 % number of employees approx . 2 500 subsidiaries telespazio vega website www.telespazio.com telespazio spa is a european spaceflight services company . it is a joint venture owned by leonardo finmeccanica 67 % and thales group 33 % headquartered in rome . telespazio covers the whole space market value chain offering services and solutions to public institutions business operators and consumers . its activities range from the design and development of space systems to the management of launch services and in orbit satellite control from earth observation services integrated communications satellite navigation and localization to scientific programmes . the company has a highest level experience thanks to a technological expertise acquired over 50 years of activity . the company manages important space infrastructure including the fucino space centre the world s largest civilian teleport and is involved in major space programmes including galileo satellite navigation 2 egnos copernicus 3 cosmo skymed sicral 4 and g kt rk 5 . telespazio operates in france with telespazio france ; in germany with telespazio vega deutschland 6 gaf 7 and spaceopal 8 ; in the united kingdom with telespazio vega united kingdom ; in spain with telespazio ib rica ; in hungary with telespazio hungary and in romania with rartel . telespazio has consolidated its presence in south america through telespazio brasil and telespazio argentina . it operates in the usa through telespazio north america . in italy the company is also present through e geos 9 . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit view of telespazio fucino space centre telespazio was founded in 1961 . the company became a franco italian joint venture on 1 july 2005 through a merger between telespazio and the space services division of alcatel . 1 creation of the joint venture was concurrent with the creation of alcatel alenia space now thales alenia space formed by the merger of two other alcatel and finmeccanica since 2016 rebranded leonardo finmeccanica space businesses alcatel space and alenia spazio respectively . 2 in 2007 the european commission approves the transfer to thales of alcatel s interests in joint ventures alcatel alenia space thales 67 % ; finmeccanica 33 % and telespazio finmeccanica 67 % ; thales 33 % . this creates the new space alliance between thales and finmeccanica . 3 in january 2011 telespazio acquired the space activities of two finmeccanica subsidiares the italy based elsag datamat space and the uk based vega for an undisclosed price . 4 5 vega was subsequently renamed telespazio vega . on 20 september 2011 a strike at the company led to a delay in the launch of ariane 5 . 10 see also edit italy portal companies portal aviation portal leonardo finmeccanica list of italian companies references edit mcgraw hill 2006 . telespazio . aviation week & space technology . 164 1 10 315 . international astronautical federation ; united nations office for outer space affairs ; international institute of space law 1992 . highlights in space 2005 progress in space science technology and applications international cooperation and space law . united nations . p. 32 . isbn 9789211009897 . 1 telespazio acquires vega elsag datamat space businesses from finmeccanica . satellite today . 17 january 2011 . retrieved 29 august 2012 . telespazio has acquired the space activities of two finmeccanica group companies vega based in the uk and elsag datamat based in genoa . . sat news . 17 january 2011 . retrieved 29 august 2012 . external links edit telespazio website v t e leonardo finmeccanica subsidiaries and joint ventures agustawestland alenia aermacchi atr bell agusta aerospace company drs technologies ngl prime spa oto melara quadrics selex es selex sistemi integrati telespazio telespazio vega thales alenia space people mauro moretti v t e thales group divisions and subsidiaries thales air defence thales australia thales communications thales navigation thales nederland thales optronics thales rail signalling solutions thales training & simulation thales underwater systems joint ventures dcns 25 % eurosam 33 % soteria search and rescue telespazio 33 % thales alenia space 67 % thalesraytheonsystems 50 % products an prc 148 blowpipe bushmaster protected mobility vehicle hawkei digital joint reconnaissance pod eurocat goalkeeper ciws javelin lightweight multirole missile mw08 s1850m seltrac smart l sonar 2076 sonar 2087 starstreak swarm watchkeeper wk450 predecessors racal thomson csf thomson marconi sonar category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title telespazio & oldid 731512911 categories aerospace companies of italytelecommunications companies of italycompanies established in 19611961 establishments in italyitalian brandscompanies based in romethales group joint venturesleonardo finmeccanicaspace program of italyhidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2015all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa oleuskarafran aisbahasa indonesiaitalianoportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 20 53 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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