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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The first Celeste phase includes two CubeSat demonstrators, one 12U and one 16U, developed in parallel by consortia led by GMV and Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space leads the other Celeste consortium and provides five satellites, including IOD-2.
Nimbus SAR will be completed in 2026 and consists of 12 satellites built by Thales Alenia Space.
The VLEO-DEF consortium includes Exotrail and Thales Alenia Space France from France.
On 25 July 2025, ASI formalized a contract with Thales Alenia Space Italia to complete the preliminary design phase of the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) and mature critical technologies.
Thales Alenia Space awarded Astrobotic a contract to develop the wheels for the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) lunar habitat.
Thales Alenia Space is building the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) for the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
France’s participants in the VLEO-DEF consortium include Exotrail and Thales Alenia Space.
Nicola Genco is the program director at Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space awarded a contract to Astrobotic to develop the wheels for the Multi-Purpose Habitation module.
Thales Alenia Space added wheels to the Multi-Purpose Habitation module to allow the module to move to locations better suited to surviving the lunar night.
The Italian Space Agency awarded Thales Alenia Space Italia a contract on 25 July 2025 to complete the Multi-Purpose Habitation module’s preliminary design phase, which includes development of critical enabling technologies.
Thales Alenia Space is exploring using the mobility system to move the Multi-Purpose Habitation module to different points of interest to support crewed Artemis missions to the lunar surface.
REV1 is a commercial derivative of Space Rider developed by Space Cargo Unlimited and Thales Alenia Space that is not fully reusable in its current form.
The Space Rider-derived REV1 concept being developed by Space Cargo Unlimited and Thales Alenia Space is not fully reusable in its current form.
The ECO-Tethers consortium includes PERSEI Space for tether technology expertise, Thales Alenia Space Italy for system integration, and Astroscale France for operational rendezvous and proximity operations experience.
Thales Alenia Space Italy is a collaborator on the ECO-Tethers project alongside PERSEI Space and Astroscale France.
Astrobotic won a contract of undisclosed value from Thales Alenia Space to contribute the wheels for Italy’s Multi-Purpose Habitation.
Thales Alenia Space Italy provides system integration and industrial perspective for the ECO-Tethers project.
Redwire is manufacturing multiple arrays for Thales Alenia Space’s Space INSPIRE satellites.