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 has pursued an ambitious roadmap since 2018, establishing itself as a key player in quantum communications.
Thales Alenia Space is responsible for QKD-GEO, the world's first quantum key distribution system from geostationary orbit, aimed at securing intercontinental communications.
Thales Alenia Space is developing a fully integrated approach that encompasses both the space segment and terrestrial segment of quantum communication systems.
Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland is responsible for the design, development, and qualification of the onboard optical terminal.
The Space Rider service module does not reenter the atmosphere and is developed separately from the re-entry module being led by Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space is the main contractor for the project.
The primary structure of the AxPPTM is being built by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy.
The remaining six satellites are being manufactured by Thales Alenia Space.
Walter Pecorella is the CTO Office – R&T&D Consortia & PNRR of Thales Alenia Space.
The prime contractor for Phase A development of the LAORIE mission was Thales Alenia Space Italia.
Italy participates in ESA and international missions through its national industry, Thales Alenia Space.
Space Cargo Unlimited partnered with Thales Alenia Space in late 2022 to develop a returnable space platform called REV-1.
France has several large companies in the aerospace sector, including Ariane Group, Ariane Space, Airbus Defense and Space, and Thales Alenia Space.
The core team for the development of the Lunar Descent Element consists of Thales Alenia Space in Italy, Thales Alenia Space in the UK, Thales Alenia Space in France, and OHB.
ESA signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space in Italy to lead a European consortium for the construction of the first ESA lunar lander.
The PLATO spacecraft is being built and assembled by an industrial core team led by the main contractor OHB Bremen, in collaboration with ThalesAlenia Space and Beyond Gravity.
Thales Alenia Space Italia will deliver the PPTM to Axiom in 2025 for final outfitting, and the PPTM launch will be no earlier than 2027.
Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland is responsible for the optical head for the CAS instrument of the LISA mission.
Thales Alenia Space Italia is producing the modules for Axiom Station and has started work on the PPTM using components originally manufactured for the two habitat modules.
Teledyne Space Imaging will deliver six CIS220 detectors and control electronics for the LISA mission in partnership with Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland.