Telespazio
Telespazio is a space systems services company, based in Rome, Italy. Telespazio was founded in 1961; however the company as it exists today was formed on July 1 2005 with the merger of the original Telespazio with the space services division of Alcatel. The company is owned by Finmeccanica (67%) and Alcatel (33%).
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The creation of the company was concurrent with the creation of Alcatel Alenia Space. This too was a merger of Alcatel and Finmeccanica businesses (Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio respectively).
On April 5 2006, Alcatel agreed to sell its share of Telespazio (and its 67% share of Alcatel Alenia Space) to Thales Group. [1]
On September 20th 2011, a strike in the company leads to the launch report of Ariane 5. [2]
In the UK, Telespazio's presence is through Vega space.
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