Italy’s Space Industry Skyrockets: Inside the Satellite Boom and Race to 2030
Italy’s engagement with space stretches back to the dawn of the Space Age. In the 1950s, visionaries like aerospace engineer Luigi Broglio and physicist Edoardo Amaldi laid the groundwork for Italy’s space program Wetheitalians Wetheitalians. Their efforts led to the San Marco project, a collaboration with NASA that saw Italy design and build its own satellites while the U.S. provided launch vehicles. On December 15, 1964, Italy’s first satellite, San Marco 1, was successfully launched – making Italy the fifth country to put a satellite in orbit Wetheitalians Wikipedia. This early achievement is commemorated in Italy every year as the National Space Day on December 16th Wetheitalians.
