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 signed a contract for the Emirates Airlock module for lunar extravehicular activity.
Thales Alenia Space provides essential subsystems for all six European Service Modules to Airbus Defence and Space.
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) selected Thales Alenia Space in 2023 to provide the Multi-Purpose Habitation (MPH) module.
Pre-assembled structures are transported from Turin to Bremen for installation and testing by Thales Alenia Space and Airbus teams.
Thales Alenia Space won a significant ESA contract to develop the Argonaut lunar lander, designed for transporting payloads to the Moon.
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Center to design and develop the Emirates Airlock module.
Thales Alenia Space supplies four water tanks and six radiators for the European modules, ensuring fully redundant TCS and CSS systems.
Thales Alenia Space will provide the lunar orbit navigation segment for the ESA's MoonLight program, consisting of four navigation satellites.
The primary and secondary structure, the thermal control system (TCS) with radiators, and the consumable service system (CSS) for the Artemis program are designed and manufactured at Thales Alenia Space's facilities in Turin.
Thales Alenia Space is also leading efforts to extend human presence on the lunar surface.
Thales Alenia Space teams have worked diligently to ensure the timely delivery of ESM-4, even during challenging times like the COVID pandemic.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for the Lunar I-HAB module, currently welding its primary structure in Turin.
Thales Alenia Space is also responsible for designing and producing HALO's primary structure and supplying critical components to Northrop Grumman.
In March 2025, the ESA and Thales Alenia Space awarded Airbus a £150 million (€179 million) contract to develop and build the ExoMars landing platform.
Leonardo will contribute its space division, including its stakes in Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space.
Thales will primarily contribute its stakes in Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and Thales SESO.
OHB has subcontracted Thales Alenia Space for critical components on missions such as the LISA mission and future Copernicus EO spacecraft.
The rocket carried a Sentinel-1D satellite manufactured by Thales Alenia Space as part of the Copernicus programme, the Earth observation component of the European Union space programme.
Thales Alenia Space, the prime contractor for the Sentinel-1D satellite, provided telemetry, telecommand, and tracking transponders from Spain to ensure communication with the spacecraft.
Thales Alenia Space supplied the X-band data transmission subsystem responsible for sending radar images back to Earth and the control unit for deploying the radar antenna.