Fucino to host Iris2 EU satellite control centre

(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 4 - The Fucino Space Centre in the central Italian region of Abruzzo will play host to a control centre for the Iris2 multi-orbit satellite internet constellation set to be deployed by the European Union by 2027, Business and Made in Italy Minister Adolfo Urso said on Monday.
    During a visit to the centre organized Telespazio (Leonardo-Thales) and Leonardo, Urso said the the new centre will be funded by a 50-million-euro investment and create about 200 new jobs, "effectively double the current Space Centre workforce". (ANSA).