Telespazio is Finmeccanica's reference operator for value-added services relating to navigation and positioning. The company is taking part in the development of the European satellite navigation programme GALILEO which involves launching a constellation of 30 satellites by the end of 2010.

For this project, Telespazio will set up two Control Centres (one for the constellation, the other for the mission) at the Fucino Space Centre, as well as one of the two Signal Performance Evaluation Centres, located near Rome.

Telespazio is also the project leader in Italy for setting up the Galileo Test Range (GTR) - a technological infrastructure for validating the GALILEO signal and developing new applications.