During the European Space Conference currently taking place in Brussels, Avio signed a trilateral agreement with Arianespace and the European Commission for the transfer of the Copernicus Framework Contract on Vega C from Arianespace to Avio.

At the same time, Avio has signed an amendment to add one additional Copernicus satellite launch to the Framework Contract in replacement of the Sentinel 1D, which will be launched by Ariane 6. 

Avio is participating in this year’s NSE - the New Space Economy Expoforum - taking place from December 16 to 18, 2024, at the Fiera di Roma.
This three-day event is dedicated to fostering and expanding collaborations within the space sector, emphasizing the growing importance of the Space Economy for Italy.

Rome 13 March 2023 - Today, two contracts were signed at the headquarters of the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy in the presence of Minister Adolfo Urso, the Director of Space Transportation Systems of the ESA, Daniel Neuenschwander, and the CEO of Avio, Giulio Ranzo.

Vienna, 10 February 2023 – The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Avio have selected a consortium led by the University of Nairobi in Kenya, joined by the University of Arizona from the United States of America and a non-profit organization Space Trust as the first awardee of the “Accessing space with Vega C” programme.

Rome, 28 November 2022 – The Ministerial Council of ESA Member States took place in Paris on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23 November, allocating budgets for space research and development programs for the three-year period 2023-2025.

Overall, the European space budget rose 17 percent over the previous three-year period to €16.9 bn, the largest in ESA's history.

Ten years have passed since the first flight of the Vega. The European rocket developed by Avio within the framework of the European Space Agency programme has carried out several types of mission, demonstrating its versatility and paving the way for its first evolution, Vega C.

At the event, organized by Avio at Italy Pavilion at Expo Dubai, Space economy, Techology and Sustainability in space and from space topics have been covered.

The Space 4 Sustainability event, organized by Avio at Expo Dubai during the space week, will be held on October 18th. Together with numerous guests representing the space industry and universities, we will talk about sustainability in space and from space. We will also have a special guest: astronaut Luca Parmitano.

You can follow the event live here:

Perdasdefogu (NU), 5 October 2021 - This morning the new SPTF (Space Propulsion Test Facility) was inaugurated in Perdasdefogu, a center of technological excellence unique in Europe that enables the development of new technologies essential for the space transport chain in the coming decades, making Sardinia a key player in the Italian aerospace sector.

Avio is in the trailer of Italy Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 on the Lazio Region made by director Gabriele Salvatores. 
We are gold sponsor of Italy Pavilion where there will be a scale model of our new rocket Vega C. Furthermore, there will be an event on October 18th on space sustainability during the Space Week.