Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales Group (67%) and Leonardo (33%), headquartered in Cannes, France. As a major European space manufacturer, it designs and delivers high-tech solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental management, exploration, science, and orbital infrastructures. Thales Alenia Space is a key partner with agencies like ESA and NASA, contributing to programs like Galileo, Copernicus, the International Space Station (ISS), and the Lunar Gateway, and also partners with Siemens to explore new tools and methods for satellite testing.
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Thales Alenia Space contributes to 11 of the 12 Copernicus missions.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for the Copernicus expansion missions CIMR, ROSE-L, and CHIME.
Hervé Derrey is the president and CEO of Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and Radmor signed an industrial cooperation agreement to develop a geostationary defense telecommunications satellite for the Polish Ministry of Defence.
Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and Radmor will combine expertise in military communications payloads, mission control, satellite platform design, industrialization, secure ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
Thales Alenia Space said that work on Galileo G2G is progressing through the Engineering Model, Proto-Flight Model, and Flight Model 2 stages.
Thales Alenia Space is working on Galileo G2G in collaboration with ESA and EU4Space.
Thales Alenia Space posted on X on 21 April 2026 that the Galileo G2G program is advancing.
The Polish Ministry of Defence has signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and Radmor to develop a GEO telecommunications satellite for defense use dedicated to the Polish MoD.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space will contribute military communications payload and geostationary satellite bus design expertise to the Polish satellite project.
Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and Poland’s RADMOR signed an industrial agreement to develop a dedicated geostationary telecommunications satellite for the Polish Ministry of Defense.
Thales Alenia Space, RADMOR, and Airbus Defence and Space signed an industrial cooperation agreement to develop a geostationary defense telecommunications satellite for the Polish Ministry of National Defence.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space, Airbus Defence and Space, and RADMOR will combine expertise in military communications payloads, mission control, satellite platform design and industrialization, secure ground infrastructure, and cybersecurity.
ESA awarded Thales Alenia Space a new €522 million contract on 9 April 2024 to develop mission elements previously provided by Roscosmos and to maintain and upgrade existing ESA-built elements.
Sentinel-3C is being prepared at Thales Alenia Space facilities in a clean room before transfer to Kourou.
The Turin redevelopment is intended to strengthen Leonardo and Thales Alenia Space’s existing industrial activities in the city.
ESA awarded HydRON Element 2 to Thales Alenia Space in February 2025.
The City of Turin’s municipal executive approved a request by Leonardo and Thales Alenia Space to demolish and rebuild a disused production building in northern Turin.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo.