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 (Italy) and Airbus Defence & Space (Germany) were awarded satellite-building contracts in May 2021 to create two independent families totaling 12 Galileo Second Generation satellites.
ESA Director of Navigation Javier Benedicto invited Thales Alenia Space (Italy), Airbus Defence and Space (Germany), and Thales Six GTS (France) to sign contracts to initiate System Engineering Support for Galileo Second Generation.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.
Media Lario has been awarded a contract by Thales Alenia Space to supply the Very High Resolution (VHR) Optical Payload for IRIDE.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space won a €235 million contract from the Italian Space Agency to design, develop, and qualify a spacecraft for the EROSS IOD In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission.
Thales Alenia Space is leading a Temporary Grouping of Companies that includes Leonardo, Telespazio, Avio, and D-Orbit for the In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission.
Thales Alenia Space won a €235 million contract from the Italian Space Agency to design, develop, and qualify a spacecraft for a dedicated In-Orbit Servicing demonstration mission.
Thales Alenia Space is contracted to design, develop, and qualify a spacecraft to perform a range of autonomous robotic operations on satellites already in low Earth orbit.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space is contracted to design, develop, and qualify a spacecraft capable of performing a range of autonomous robotic operations on satellites in low Earth orbit.
Avio is in charge of orbital support and developing a propulsion module for the servicer that will be based on a custom platform developed by Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space is contracted to build nearly 200 Lightspeed satellites.
The open consortium for IRIS² is governed by Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, and Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus are both seeking leading roles in developing IRIS², Europe’s multi-orbit sovereign connectivity constellation budgeted at 6,000,000,000 EUR.
Jena-Optronik delivered the Fine Sun Sensor FSS for ASTRIUM's GSTB-V2, Alenia's Radarsat-2, and the CosmoSkymed satellite constellation.
Marc-Henri Serre, senior vice president of telecoms at Thales Alenia Space, expects roughly 10 to 12 geostationary communications satellites to be ordered in 2023 and annually in the near term.
Thales Alenia Space won seven of the 11 geostationary satellite orders in 2022.
The open consortium governing IRIS² includes Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, and Thales Alenia Space.
The consortium governing IRIS² includes Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, and Thales Alenia Space.