Fucino Space Centre
The Fucino Space Centre is the largest teleport in the world for civilian uses used for the control of artificial satellites, for telecommunications and for hosting, television and network services multimedia.- Type: Military installation
- Description: teleport in Italy
- Also known as: “Centro Spaziale ‘Piero Fanti’ del Fucino”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museo tecnologico di Telespazio and I Morroni.
Museo tecnologico di Telespazio
Museum
Photo: Marica Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museo tecnologico di Telespazio is a museum, which is situated 420 metres southwest of Fucino Space Centre.
I Morroni
Photo: Rudy Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
I Morroni is situated 3 km northeast of Fucino Space Centre.
Marruvium amphitheatre
Archaeological site
Photo: Rudy Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Marruvium amphitheatre is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Fucino Space Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Venere and Borgo Ottomila.
Venere
Hamlet
Photo: Marica Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Venere is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km east of Fucino Space Centre.
Borgo Ottomila
Hamlet
Photo: Marica Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Borgo Ottomila is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km northwest of Fucino Space Centre.
Casali d’Aschi
Neighborhood
Photo: Marica Massaro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Casali d’Aschi is a neighborhood, which is situated 7 km east of Fucino Space Centre.
Fucino Space Centre
- Categories: business and teleport
- Location: San Benedetto dei Marsi, L’Aquila, Abruzzo, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.97895° or 41° 58′ 44″ northLongitude
13.60191° or 13° 36′ 7″ eastInception
September 28th, 1967Operator
TelespazioOpen location code
8FHMXJH2+HQOpenStreetMap ID
way 27351142OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryWikidata ID
Q45851275
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Satellite Map
Discover Fucino Space Centre from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Aragonese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Fucino Space Centre” goes by many names.
- Aragonese: “Centro espacial de Fucino”
- German: “Raumfahrtzentrum Fucino”
- Hebrew: “מרכז החלל פוצ’ינו”
- Italian: “centro spaziale del Fucino”
- Italian: “Centro spaziale del Fucino”
- Italian: “centro spaziale Piero Fanti”
- Italian: “centro telespaziale del Fucino”
- Italian: “Telespazio del Fucino”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Centro spaziale del Fucino”
- “Centro spaziale del Fucino”
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