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67% F I N M E C C A N I C A 25 S 2000E M P L O Y E E S I T E S W O R L D W I D E 33%T H A L E S 4 S PA C E C E N T R E S Telespazio, a joint venture between Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%), is

2 67% F I N M E C C A N I C A 25 S 2000E M P L O Y E E S I T E S W O R L D W I D E 33%T H A L E S 4 S PA C E C E N T R E S Telespazio, a joint venture between Finmeccanica (67%) and Thales (33%), is one of the world s leading players in satellite services. The Rome-based company has around 2000 staff, a network of four space centres and 25 sites spread all over the world. These notably include the Fucino Space Centre, which has more than 100 operational antennas and is the largest satellite telecommunications centre for commercial use in the world. Telespazio also operates a fleet of mobile units in Italy and abroad. Telespazio is a leading company in sectors that are becoming increasingly important for institutions, companies and the public: satellite operation, Earth observation, satellite navigation and localisation, integrated telecommunications and scientific programmes. In all these activities, Telespazio can draw on its excellent experience at the highest level, born out of the technological expertise it has acquired in almost 50 years of activity, the infrastructure it manages and its involvement in important space programmes, such as Galileo, EGNOS, GMES, COSMO-SkyMed, SICRAL and Göktürk. Telespazio can count on numerous subsidiaries worldwide. Specifically, it is present in France with Telespazio France, Fileas and associate company Novacom, in Germany with Telespazio Deutschland and GAF, in Spain with Aurensis, in Hungary with Telespazio Hungary and in Romania with Rartel. Telespazio has consolidated its presence in South America with Telespazio Brasil and Telespazio Argentina. It operates in the US via Telespazio North America. In Italy, its main subsidiary is e-geos, a company created in partnership with the Italian Space Agency. Telespazio responds to new demands in the satellite services market by producing innovative ideas and new solutions, and is involved in various international projects. Today, more than ever, the company is a true innovator, transforming what were once just possibilities into real services available to an ever larger public.

SATELLITE OPERATIONS Every satellite is under control with Telespazio. INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS Always in touch in a changing world.

Through one of the largest space centres in the world in Fucino and a global and integrated network of ground stations and control rooms, the company provides services to space agencies and the

launch services and control throughout satellites operational life.

Munich. Telespazio France specialises in support services for space launches, and supports the CNES and Arianespace missions.

3 SATELLITE OPERATIONS Every satellite is under control with Telespazio. INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS Always in touch in a changing world. Telespazio is one of the main players in the management and control of satellites in orbit. Through one of the largest space centres in the world in Fucino and a global and integrated network of ground stations and control rooms, the company provides services to space agencies and the main private and public international operators of the sector, offering solutions including design, development, and the integration and operation of ground-based operations, the management of launch services and control throughout satellites operational life. Telespazio has expanded the range of services provided by its subsidiaries Telespazio France, which is based in Toulouse and Kourou (French Guiana), and Telespazio Deutschland, headquartered in Munich. Telespazio France specialises in support services for space launches, and supports the CNES and Arianespace missions. Telespazio Deutschland, which specialises in services for operators in the space sector, operates at DLR s control centres in Oberpfaffenhofen and Weilheim, and at the ESA and Eumetsat centre in Darmstadt. With its long track record in the satellite telecommunications sector, and thanks to a portfolio of cutting-edge products and services, Telespazio offers its clients secure, reliable and globally available solutions. The company designs, builds and manages communications networks capable of integrating satellite and ground-based infrastructure, with the aim of responding effectively to the needs of the business and institutional markets, media and broadcast sectors, and global telecommunications operators. Telespazio offers dedicated services for the oil and gas, transport and navigation markets, implementing fixed-line and mobile broadband solutions in Italy and abroad. It provides innovative solutions for applications and services in the fields of civil protection and security, telemedicine, e-government and distance learning. Furthermore, Telespazio is the Italian market leader and a major European player in radio and television broadcasting, thanks to its facilities at the space centres in Fucino and Lario (Como), its fleet of vehicles and the equipment it installs and manages at clients premises.

EARTH OBSERVATION The eyes to watch the Earth, the tools to protect it. NAVIGATION AND MOBILE INFORMATION Providing safe points of reference for the Earth.

These include GMES, the European programme that will provide monitoring services for territorial security and defence, and COSMO-SkyMed, the Italian Space Agency and

Telespazio will also provide as prime contractor the Göktürk satellite system for the Turkish Ministry of Defence, consisting of a high-resolution optical satellite,

Through Italian subsidiary e-geos, with Aurensis in Spain and GAF in Germany, Telespazio carries out all activities relating to the Earth observation market, from

It provides services to public institutions and companies for the study and control of land, civil protection, the prevention and management of natural risks,

e-geos is a leading international operator, with an integrated range of application solutions and value-added services, based on radar and very high resolution

Telespazio is Finmeccanica s key operator in satellite navigation and localisation services, a role confirmed by its participation in EGNOS (European Geostationary

One of the two control centres that will manage this constellation has been built at the Fucino Space Centre.

4 EARTH OBSERVATION The eyes to watch the Earth, the tools to protect it. NAVIGATION AND MOBILE INFORMATION Providing safe points of reference for the Earth. Telespazio plays a leading role in the main international Earth observation programmes. These include GMES, the European programme that will provide monitoring services for territorial security and defence, and COSMO-SkyMed, the Italian Space Agency and Ministry of Defence programme based on a constellation of four radar satellites that can operate in any atmospheric conditions. Telespazio will also provide as prime contractor the Göktürk satellite system for the Turkish Ministry of Defence, consisting of a high-resolution optical satellite, the ground segment, the launch service and a satellite assembly, integration and test center. Through Italian subsidiary e-geos, with Aurensis in Spain and GAF in Germany, Telespazio carries out all activities relating to the Earth observation market, from gathering and processing satellite data to developing and selling software and products. It provides services to public institutions and companies for the study and control of land, civil protection, the prevention and management of natural risks, cartography and agricultural applications. e-geos is a leading international operator, with an integrated range of application solutions and value-added services, based on radar and very high resolution optical data. Telespazio is Finmeccanica s key operator in satellite navigation and localisation services, a role confirmed by its participation in EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System) and Galileo, the European satellite navigation programme that will see the launch of 30 satellites. One of the two control centres that will manage this constellation has been built at the Fucino Space Centre. Telespazio also supplied the launch services from Fucino, and is currently taking part in the GIOVE-B mission, developed by ESA for the in-orbit validation (IOV) of the technological solutions that will be used on board the Galileo satellites. Furthermore, the company will supply the in-orbit operational and integrated logistics services for the IOV phase of the Galileo programme, when the first four operational satellites of the constellation are launched. Telespazio is helping to create the Galileo Test Range in Rome the technological infrastructure that will support the Galileo system, applications and equipment and is co-ordinating the development of initiatives and experimental projects at European level in the field of aerial navigation and monitoring services for hazardous goods tracking and tracing.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES Explore the future to innovate and learn. MILSATCOM The best defence is communication.

in-orbit operation, astronaut training and the dissemination of the scientific data obtained.

data from the ISS with that from other microgravity missions.

programmes promoted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian Space Agency (ASI).

system that ensures interoperability between defence, law and order and civil emergency agencies, and those responsible for the management of strategic infrastructure.

5 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMMES Explore the future to innovate and learn. MILSATCOM The best defence is communication. Telespazio, which in 2009 incorporated the MARS Center in Naples, carries out experiments on board the International Space Station (ISS), ranging from the integration of payloads to their in-orbit operation, astronaut training and the dissemination of the scientific data obtained. In this last regard, Telespazio aims to broaden its expertise by taking part in the European Union s scientific and technological research project ULISSE, whose objective is to assimilate data from the ISS with that from other microgravity missions. The experiments carried out on the manned platforms have proved useful for Telespazio in the field of scientific missions and exploration, especially in the Lunar and Mars exploration programmes promoted by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Italian Space Agency (ASI). Finally, the company plays an active role both in research for direct exploration missions to NEOs (near-earth objects), small celestial bodies at risk of colliding with the Earth, and ESA s Space Situational Awareness programme. Telespazio plays a strategic role in military satellite communications (Milsatcom) through its participation, as key partner to the Italian Ministry of Defence, in the SICRAL programme, a system that ensures interoperability between defence, law and order and civil emergency agencies, and those responsible for the management of strategic infrastructure. For SICRAL 1, the first Italian satellite for military communications, Telespazio managed the launch and early orbit phase (LEOP), as well as the design, integration and testing phases of the ground segment. The success of this mission prompted the Ministry of Defence to promote new initiatives financed by public-private partnerships. The new SICRAL 1B satellite, launched in April 2009, was co-financed by Telespazio, which will have therefore access to some of the transmission capacity, allowing the company to offer communications services to NATO countries and the European and US defence markets. Telespazio takes part in the SICRAL 2 programme of the Italian Defence Ministry and the ATHENA-FIDUS programme of ASI and CNES through similar forms of public-private co-financing.

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