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The first stone ceremony of the European Space Agency (ESA) Flyeye Telescope Observatory, planned for Friday, 6 September 2024, has been postponed.Media representatives are cordially invited to join the first stone ceremony of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Flyeye Telescope Observatory with participation of Josef Aschbacher, ESA Director General, Italian Space Agency (ASI) president Teodoro Valente, Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso and President of the Sicily region Renato Schifani. In addition, further experts and high-level representatives of ESA’s Operations and Space Safety Programme as well as Industry partners EIE GROUP, prime contractor for overall construction, and OHB Italia (telescope design) will be present.The event will take place on top of the 1865-metre Monte Mufara in Sicily - Italy, near Piano Battaglia and at the GAL Hassin International Centre of Astronomical Sciences,  Isnello (Province of Palermo).