Our convictions

We act in accordance with our founding values.

Our commitment, agility, and the trust we build with our clients enable us to place their satisfaction at the heart of our strategy, as well as the services we design and develop.

We believe in people, diversity, and talent development. We trust in technology and our ability to innovate in order to provide high-value services and build lasting relationships.

Our history

Founded in 1961, Telespazio was one of the very first players in the space conquest. The live broadcast of Man's first steps on the moon in 1969, and the first Ariane launch in 1979, perfectly illustrate Telespazio's confidence in technology.
Nearly six decades of research, innovation, technological breakthroughs and space exploration have forged our strong conviction that space should be within everyone's reach.

Bringing together two global leaders in the space industry - Leonardo and Thales - the Telespazio Group is where the entire DNA of "made in Europe" space expertise is found.
 

 

 

Now the European leader in value-added satellite-based space services, Telespazio France, the Group's French subsidiary, is present on the major space markets: telecommunications, Earth observation, navigation, satellite operations, etc.
And because we have joined forces with Thales Alenia Space to form the Space Alliance, we also have the full space value chain covered

Key dates

Telespazio is part of a long line of trailblazing manufacturing companies that have strived to offer the world a new dimension. The Group's history is marked by game-changing progress and technological breakthroughs that have shaped the history of space for everyone's benefit.

2005

The Space Alliance was created (Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio France)

2007

The first Earth obsevation satellite space-based radar system (COSMO-SkyMed) was set up and operated

 

2015

e-GEOS (Telespazio 80 %, ASI 20 %) won a European Commission tender to provide satellite maps for emergency management

 

2019

Joint venture with Airbus to market military telecommunications services using the future Syracuse IV satellites

2021

Telespazio acquired Vitrociset

2022

Marketing of the  Syracuse IV capabilities began

1961

Telespazio was created

 

1964

First satellite live TV broadcast, during the Tokyo Olympics

 

1969

Live broadcast of Man's first steps on the moon

 

1979

First Ariane launch

 

1999

Participation in the design phase of Galileo, the European Global Navigation Satellite System