2017-07-29T08:06:02+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Broglio Space Centre, San Marco 1, BeppoSAX, AGILE (satellite), Vega (rocket), E-st@r, Italian Space Agency, ALMASat-1, UniCubeSat-GG, Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission, LARES (satellite), PRISMA (spacecraft), Telespazio flashcards
Space program of Italy

Space program of Italy

  • Broglio Space Centre
    The Luigi Broglio Space Centre (BSC) is an Italian-owned spaceport near Malindi, Kenya, named after its founder and Italian space pioneer Luigi Broglio.
  • San Marco 1
    San Marco 1, also known as San Marco A, was the first Italian satellite, and the first non-Soviet/US spacecraft.
  • BeppoSAX
    BeppoSAX was an Italian–Dutch satellite for X-ray astronomy which played a crucial role in resolving the origin of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the most energetic events known in the universe.
  • AGILE (satellite)
    AGILE (Astro‐Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero) is an X-ray and Gamma ray astronomical satellite of the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
  • Vega (rocket)
    Vega (Vettore Europeo di Generazione Avanzata, Advanced Generation European Carrier Rocket) is an expendable launch system in use by Arianespace jointly developed by the Italian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.
  • E-st@r
    e-st@r (Educational Satellite @ Politecnico di Torino) is a miniaturized satellite built by the Politecnico di Torino.
  • Italian Space Agency
    The Italian Space Agency (Italian: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy.
  • ALMASat-1
    ALMASat-1(ALma MAter SATellite) is a micro satellite developed by University of Bologna for demonstrative purposes which will be helpful for earth observation missions.
  • UniCubeSat-GG
    UniCubeSat-GG is a Miniaturized satellite built by the Sapienza University of Rome.
  • Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission
    The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission consists of a robotic spacecraft called Swift, which was launched into orbit on November 20, 2004, at 17:16:00 UTC on a Delta II 7320-10C expendable launch vehicle.
  • LARES (satellite)
    LARES (acronym for Laser Relativity Satellite) (COSPAR ID 2012-006A) is an Italian Space Agency scientific satellite launched from the ESA Guiana Space Centre of Kourou, French Guiana, by the maiden flight of the European launch vehicle Vega on 13 February 2012.
  • PRISMA (spacecraft)
    PRISMA (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa, Hyperspectral PRecursor of the Application Mission) is an Italian Space Agency pre-operational and technology demonstrator mission focused on the development and delivery of hyperspectral products and the qualification of the hyperspectral payload in space.
  • Telespazio
    Telespazio Spa is a European spaceflight services company.