Adam Maher Ursa Space Systems chief executive (left) and Massimo Comparini, e-GEOS chief executive signed a revenue sharing agreement June 7 at the GEOINT Symposium. Credit: Ursa Space Systems

Ursa Space Systems and e-Geos forge revenue-sharing partnership

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Ursa Space Systems, a geospatial data and analytics company, announced a revenue-sharing agreement with Italy’s e-Geos, the company owned by Telespazio and the Italian space agency ASI that operates four Cosmos-SkyMed Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.

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5/10/2015 Giulio Ranzo nuovo amministratore delegato della Avio (Colleferro) Photo : Eric Vandeville

Q&A | Avio CEO Ranzo on sharing the pie with Germany, and keeping SpaceX from an Italian contract

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The recent German-Italian agreement to divide production of casings for the future Ariane 6 rocket’s strap-on boosters, which also serve as the first stage of the Italian-led Vega-C small-satellite launcher, was a victory for political harmony in Europe.

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Artist's concept of one of two second-generation Cosmo-SkyMed radar reconnaissance satellites being built for the Italian government by Thales Alenia Space. Credit: Thales Alenia Space

Thales Alenia Gets Going on Second-generation Cosmo-SkyMed Radar Satellites

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Satellite builder Thales Alenia Space on Sept. 2 said it had signed a contract with the Italian government to build one of the two planned next-generation radar reconnaissance satellites and to purchase the needed equipment for the second.

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