Vega payload carriers and Space Rider (Credit: ESA)
ROME, 9 December 2020 (Telespazio PR) ALTEC and Telespazio today signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage the ground segment and operations for the Space Rider mission.
Space Rider is an unmanned space vehicle with a payload capacity of about 600 kg, able to carry out scientific and technological experiments in microgravity conditions, while orbiting at an altitude of about 400 km.
At the end of the mission it will return safely to Earth, thus ensuring full recovery of the load.
The reusable vehicle will be built by an industrial team led by