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 will serve as prime contractor for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
Es’hailSat selected Thales Alenia Space to design and build the Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni telecommunications satellite for geostationary orbit.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni will use Thales Alenia Space’s Space Inspire software-defined platform.
Thales Alenia Space’s contract with Es’hailSat includes integration of hosted payloads for commercial or government needs.
ESA awarded Thales Alenia Space a €522 million contract in April 2024 to replace most of the Russian hardware for ExoMars, including a new descent platform.
Thales Alenia Space will serve as prime contractor for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni and handle its design, manufacturing, testing, ground delivery, ground segment, and associated services.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between France’s Thales and Italy’s Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space will build the Es’hail-3/Turksat-Biruni satellite.
Thales Alenia Space has signed an agreement with Es’hailSat to develop a next-generation software-defined satellite based on its Space Inspire platform.
On June 30, 2026, Thales Alenia Space signed a definitive contract with Es’hailSat to design and manufacture the next-generation software-defined telecommunications satellite Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
Es'hailSat and Türksat have contracted Thales Alenia Space to build the Es'hail-3/Türksat-Biruni satellite.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for Es’hail-3 and is responsible for design, production, integration, testing, delivery, ground segment, and associated services.
Thales Alenia Space will oversee the end-to-end design, component manufacturing, environmental testing, ground delivery sequence, and ground segment integration for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
Thales Alenia Space can integrate hosted payloads for both commercial and government needs into its telecommunications satellites.
Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni will be built on Thales Alenia Space’s Space INSPIRE platform.
Thales Alenia Space will serve as the prime contractor for Eshail-3/Türksat-Biruni.
Thales Alenia Space and Leonardo form a joint venture that is 67% owned by Thales and 33% owned by Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space and Es’hailSat signed a contract to build Es’hail-3.