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RT @esaspaceflight: Europe's most sophisticated robot arm has a shoulder, elbow and wrist, along with built-in brain and eyes 🦾 With a reach of up to 2.4 metres, the Sample Transfer Arm performs a large range of movements with millimetre precision 🎯 Here's a closer look at its gripping hand: 📸: @esa/@LDO_Space

RT @Leonardo_live: 📅 On Thursday, November 5, starting from 4:00 PM CET, follow the live webcast and conference call of #Leonardo's Q3/9M 2026 results presentation. 🔗 #LDO_IR

Built by #Leonardo for @ESA’s #Prospect mission, the lunar drill has the power to cut up to a metre down while scanning for signs of water ice at the same time. The drill will extract a sample and transfer it to a miniaturised laboratory for scientific analysis. Discovering water and other volatiles could revolutionise the journey back to the Moon and beyond.

Where no European has gone before, a mighty drill will. We are sending a drill and a science lab to the Moon.

At @IAC2026Antalya, ispace-EUROPE S.A. and @ispace_inc, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with #Leonardo and @telespazio, to explore collaboration on lunar communications, positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) infrastructure and services, and lunar transportation partnership. #IAC2026

@massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, stated: "The agreement with ispace marks a further step towards the development of an always more integrated and interoperable infrastructure capable of supporting the growing number of missions to the Moon. By bringing together complementary capabilities in communications, navigation and lunar transportation, robotics and AI, #Leonardo, together with @telespazio and @Thales_Alenia_S, is contributing to the development of the services and technologies that will enable a sustained presence in the lunar environment, supporting the evolution of a global and interconnected cislunar ecosystem." #IAC2026

At @IAC2026Antalya, @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, joined the GNF Session – Heads of Industry: One-on-One Conversations, sharing his perspective on the transformation of the Space sector and the evolution of Earth observation. Space is rapidly evolving. For #Leonardo, this means combining Space capabilities with digital technologies such as cloud, AI and cyber resilience, while helping strengthen the wider ecosystems. In Earth observation, the focus is shifting from spatial resolution alone to the ability to deliver useful information fast. High revisit rates, low latency, connectivity, cloud and AI are becoming essential to turn satellite data into actionable information. These capabilities come together in Leonardo’s new Earth observation constellation, designed to deliver persistent, near real-time information for applications ranging from emergency response and critical infrastructure to precision farming — turning data from Space into action on Earth. @telespazio | @e_geos #IAC2026

From 5 to 9 October, #Leonardo will be at he 77th International Astronautical Congress @IAC2026Antalya organised by the @iafastro. #LeonardoSpace, together with @telespazio and @e_geos, will take part in sessions and presentations spanning industry perspectives, Space exploration, mission operations and the contribution of Space to global challenges. 🔹 6 October | 10:15–11:30 GNF Session – Heads of Industry: One-on-One Conversations @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace 🔹 6 October | 13:15 Oral Presentation Naomi Reichmann, Spacecraft Controller at @TelespazioGER 🔹 6 October | 16:10 IAF Space Exploration Symposium – "Moon Experience" Fabrizio Paolillo, Head of E2E Engineering & Exploration Studies at Telespazio 🔹 6 October | 16:40–17:40 Sky was the limit: the Italian – Turkish partnership in Space Massimo Claudio Comparini, Managing Director of Leonardo Space 🔹 7 October | 10:15 Oral Presentation Vivien-Sophie Stotz, Columbus Flight Control Engineer at Telespazio Germany 🔹 8 October | 10:15–11:15 Space in Support of Global Threats and Crisis Response Milena Lerario, CEO of e-GEOS See you in Antalya for #IAC2026!

At the @LaTribune Space Forum, held at Cité de l’Espace in Toulouse and dedicated to the major challenges of the European Space industry, @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, took part in a panel with Alain Fauré, Head of Space Systems of @Airbus Defence and Space and President of Airbus Defence and Space France, and @HDerrey, CEO of @Thales_Alenia_S, for the "The Time for a Sacred Union in the European Space Sector?" panel, moderated by @MCABIROL, Editor-in-Chief of La Tribune. During the discussion, Massimo Comparini highlighted Europe’s strong technological capabilities in Space, underlining that the critical mass needed to operate at global scale means strengthening the capacity to invest in R&D, address technological challenges and support the wider European ecosystem, including SMEs and start-ups. Another key focus was the growing convergence between Space and digital technologies, including #AI, #cloud and High-Performance Computing (#HPC), and how this is reshaping infrastructure and services, thereby opening new opportunities to transform Space data into information for final users. #LTSF2026

The first phase of DPSN – Digitalizzazione Produzione Spazio Nerviano (Nerviano Space Production Digitalisation) has been completed, marking an important milestone in the strategic programme through which #LeonardoSpace is transforming production processes at the #Leonardo Nerviano site, near Milan, Italy, into a more connected, integrated and data-driven ecosystem. The initiative was launched to support growing production volumes while strengthening the management and competitiveness across the lines dedicated to the manufacture of electronic boards, atomic clocks and, looking ahead, solar panels for the Space sector.

To mark this achievement, @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, highlighted the strategic role of digital transformation: “Digital infrastructure is fundamental for the factories of today and tomorrow. Data lakes and AI help us know better exactly what we produce and how we produce it, with the goal of achieving absolute quality. Digitally connecting our factories is also essential to developing a new level of federated manufacturing capability. With our Space Factories, we are passionately building the future every day.”

At the World Satellite Business Week, @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, joined the discussion on how Europe can turn its technological strengths into a competitive and sustainable Space economy. From the integration of Space and digital technologies to low-latency, multi-sensor Earth Observation capabilities, Leonardo is working to deliver increasingly responsive solutions for institutional, commercial and defence users. Scaling up, however, means more than technology. It means investing in R&D and industrial capacity, strengthening connections across the European value chain, and bringing innovation to global markets and final users. Building a stronger, more integrated European space ecosystem is therefore essential to achieving the critical mass needed to compete globally and sustain long-term growth. #WSBW26

Four days in Paris, bringing together the global Space community to discuss how the sector is evolving — from Connectivity and Earth Observation to defence and security. At World Space Business Week and the Space Defense & Security Summit (@nvs_summits), #LeonardoSpace, together with @telespazio and @e_geos, contributed to the debate on some of the key elements shaping the future of Space. 🔹 @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, focused on what Europe needs to turn its technological strengths into an always more competitive and sustainable Space economy: greater scale, continued investment in R&D and industrial capacity, stronger integration across the European value chain, and the capacity to bring innovation to global markets. Building a more integrated European space ecosystem is essential to achieving the critical mass needed to compete globally and sustain long-term growth. 🔹 Gianluca Baldassarre, SVP Satellite Communications at Telespazio, addressed the rapid transformation of satellite communications. New constellations, operators and customers are reshaping the market, while sovereignty, interoperability and the ability to evolve services rapidly are becoming increasingly important — particularly for critical infrastructures and areas where satellite connectivity can make a tangible difference. 🔹 At the Space Defense & Security Summit, Marco Brancati, SVP Technology and Innovation Governance at Leonardo Space, highlighted the growing role of Space within the multidomain environment. Earth Observation, connectivity and Space Domain Awareness are becoming increasingly interconnected, making technologies such as onboard processing, intersatellite links and multi-mission ground segments — together with interoperability by design — key enablers for future systems. 🔹 Milena Lerario, CEO of e-GEOS, brought an Earth Observation data perspective to the discussion, highlighting how SAR is becoming a primary source of information, providing continuous observations independently of daylight and weather conditions. The integration of SAR and optical imagery enables a more comprehensive understanding of events, while customer demand is increasingly shifting towards information, analytics and operational services rather than raw data and complex processing chains. #WSBW26 #SDSS26

🔴 #LDO_PR #Leonardo has been awarded by the @esa a fully funded contract to define the architecture of the future EU Earth Observation Governmental Service (#EOGS), a key capability designed to harness space data in support of Europe’s autonomous decision-making in the fields of security and defence. @massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, stated: "Europe’s strategic autonomy increasingly depends on its ability to access, understand and use critical data from space. Through the EOGS study, Leonardo will contribute its and Space Alliance technologies, infrastructures and expertise to help shape a sovereign Earth Observation capability supporting Europe’s security, resilience and technological independence."

RT @e_geos: 🆕 e-GEOS, part of @LDO_Space, and @QPS_Inc are collaborating to develop new Geospatial Intelligence solutions by integrating QPS-SAR data with COSMO-SkyMed data from @ASI_spazio and @MinisteroDifesa, for which e-GEOS is the exclusive commercial distributor. 🎤 C. Milena A. Lerario, CEO of e-GEOS: “Our vision for the future of Geoinformation increasingly calls for an ecosystem approach, where different data sources, technologies and expertise can work together to create greater value. By combining data and analytical capabilities, e-GEOS and iQPS are building a more connected ecosystem that will be further strengthened by the advanced features of @Leonardo_live’s proprietary Earth observation constellation, like high frequency revisit time, low latency and onboard power computing. These synergies, enabled by complementary expertise and a shared commitment to innovation, will drive more advanced analytics and services, effectively addressing the increasingly complex needs of our partners.” 🔗 Press Release: 📸 Mount Fuji, Japan. COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation Image © Italian Space Agency. Processed and distributed by e-GEOS #WeUnlockEarth @telespazio | @ASI_spazio| @LDO_Space | @GAF_Munich

The @esa's Earth Explorer #FLEX and @CopernicusEU #Sentinel-3C satellites have been successfully launched! The two European Space Agency missions will enable more precise monitoring of vegetation health, sea and land surface temperatures, atmospheric composition and wildfire activity. The data they provide will be essential for studying the effects of climate change, protecting ecosystems, improving ocean and weather forecasting, and supporting land management and agricultural activities.

@Telespazio also played a key role in supporting the mission from launch through in-orbit operations. @TelespazioGER led mission control and operations for both satellites, from Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) to daily in-orbit management, while @TelespazioFr supported launch campaign preparations and countdown operations alongside the COEL (Launch Complex Operations Manager).|

@massimoc_square, Managing Director of #LeonardoSpace, stated: "The successful launch of @esa’s #FLEX and @CopernicusEU #Sentinel-3C missions confirms the excellence of European space technology and #Leonardo’s role in major Earth observation missions. We contributed to both missions by providing high-technology scientific optical instruments, drawing on our consolidated experience and expertise alongside ESA, @ASI_Spazio and @eumetsat. This technological heritage allows us to monitor our planet as never before and contribute to sustainable development. Earth observation is a key domain in which we are investing significantly, for example through the development and construction of our proprietary constellation, with the aim of increasingly transforming technological innovation in space into data and services that support our understanding and protection of the planet and our security."