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.
All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
Thales Alenia Space has completed the System Preliminary Design Review for Italy’s In-Orbit Servicing (IOS) demonstration mission.
The Temporary Grouping of Enterprises for the IOS mission includes Thales Alenia Space, Leonardo, Avio, D-Orbit, and Telespazio.
On 30 October, Thales Alenia Space announced the successful completion of the System Preliminary Design Review for the IOS mission.
Thales Alenia Space is responsible for delivering the autonomous robotic vehicle for the IOS mission.
Leonardo is supported by its subsidiaries, including Telespazio, Thales Alenia Space, e-GEOS, and Altec.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for the CIMR, ROSE-L, and CHIME satellites, and a supplier of payloads for the CRISTAL and CO2M missions.
Sentinel-1D is based on the PRIMA platform developed by Thales Alenia Space for the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
The Exploration Company was selected for Phase 1 of the European Space Agency’s LEO Cargo Return Service initiative alongside Thales Alenia Space in May 2024.
In 2020, Thales Alenia Space won five contracts for six new Copernicus expansion missions.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for the Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-3 families and provided the imaging ground segment for Sentinel-2.
Thales Alenia Space is a major contributor to 11 of the 12 Copernicus missions.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for Sentinel-1D on behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Thales Alenia Space provides the transmitter/receiver modules, front-end electronics, onboard computer, and data management and transmission subsystems for Sentinel-1D.
Thales Alenia Space participated in building the imaging spectrometer for Sentinel-5P and the altimeter radar Poseidon-4 for Sentinel-6.
The merger will combine Airbus Space Systems and Space Digital businesses with Leonardo’s Space Division and shares in Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space.
The project referred to by media sources as Project Bromo would combine the Space Systems and Space Digital businesses of Airbus and the Telespazio and Thales Alenia Space joint ventures of Thales and Leonardo.
FTM-CGT claims that Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space win almost all the contracts they want and have a record order book.
Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space led the execution and construction process of the satellites with participation from notable national firms.
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), leads the construction of both SpainSat NG II and SpainSat NG I with collaboration from Airbus Defence and Space.
Thales Alenia Space inaugurated a new clean room at its Tres Cantos site near Madrid in 2021 to complete the mission of SpainSat NG II.