Leonardo Space

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.

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. lnrdo.co/4j7vGTu #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