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Space Operations Command (Italy)

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Italian Space Operations Command
Comando delle Operazioni Spaziali

Active	2020 – present
Country	Italy
Branch	Ministry of Defence
Type	Joint space command
Role	Space warfare
Part of	Joint Operations Command
Garrison/HQ	Rome
Motto	Hic sunt leones ("Here be lions")
Commanders
Current commander	Gen. Luca Capasso

Military unit

TheItalian Space Operations Command (Italian:Comando delle Operazioni Spaziali, COS) is thejoint space command of theItalian Armed Forces.^[1] It was established in 2020.

History

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At the end of 2019, the General Office for Space was established within the Defence Staff. In June 2020, the Space Operation Command was officially founded and General Luca Capasso was appointed at its head.

The Space Operation Command operates military satellites of Italy, such asSicral 1B, Sicral 2,Athena-Fidus,OPTSAT-3000 and theCOSMO-SkyMed.^[2] It is also working together with theItalian Navy to convert the aircraft carrierGiuseppe Garibaldi, which was expected to be dismantled in 2022, into a rocket launch platform.^[3]

References

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^"Il Garibaldi lancerà in orbita satelliti" (in Italian). Difesa Online. 2021-01-21. Retrieved2022-02-25.
^"The Italian Space Operations Command is getting ready". 27 February 2021.
^"Italy's Extra Aircraft Carrier Could Become A Floating Space Base".Forbes.

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Official Website

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Roscosmos

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