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Italian Space Agency

Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) owned 66 payloads in the GCAT catalog.

ItalyRomaGCAT code ASI

Payloads owned, by decade

165549
1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s

Payloads by mission type

Technology22
Optical imaging16
Astronomy8
Radar imaging4
Space science2
Communications2
Geodesy1

Main programs

OHBI16Argotec15ASI6ASI Hermes6COSMO4Italsat2San Marco1Lageos1TSS1Edusat-ASI1ASI Tech1ASI Cube1

Best-known spacecraft

19 shown
SpacecraftLaunchedOwnerCountryMission typeStatus
BeppoSAX1996-027AApr 30, 1996ASIItalyAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
Astro-rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero2007-013AApr 23, 2007ASIItalyAstronomyReentered (orbital decay)
LARES2012-006AFeb 13, 2012ASIItalyTechnologyIn orbit
COSMO-SkyMed 12007-023AJun 8, 2007ASIItalyRadar imagingIn orbit
PRISMA2019-015AMar 22, 2019ASIItalyOptical imagingIn orbit
Minisatellite Italiano di Technologia Avanzata2000-039AJul 15, 2000ASIItalySpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
COSMO-SkyMed 22007-059ADec 9, 2007ASIItalyRadar imagingIn orbit
EduSAT2011-044AAug 17, 2011ASIItalyTechnologyIn orbit
San Marco-D/L1988-026AMar 25, 1988ASIItalySpace scienceReentered (orbital decay)
Italsat 11991-003AJan 15, 1991ASIItalyCommunicationsIn orbit
LAGEOS-21992-070BOct 22, 1992ASIItalyGeodesyIn orbit
Italsat 21996-044AAug 8, 1996ASIItalyCommunicationsIn orbit
COSMO-SkyMed 32008-054AOct 25, 2008ASIItalyRadar imagingIn orbit
TSS-1R1996-012BFeb 22, 1996ASIItalyTechnologyReentered (orbital decay)
COSMO-SkyMed 42010-060ANov 6, 2010ASIItalyRadar imagingIn orbit
LARES-22022-080AJul 13, 2022ASIItalyTechnologyIn orbit
VanZyl-22025-135BKJun 23, 2025ASIItalyOptical imagingIn orbit
LICIACube2021-110CNov 24, 2021ASIItaly—Escaped to another body
ArgoMoon2022-156GNov 16, 2022ASIItaly—Flyby

Source: GCAT organizations database, launch list and payload catalog, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).