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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The open consortium for IRIS² will be governed by Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, and Thales Alenia Space.
The open consortium is governed by Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES, and Thales Alenia Space.
LeoStella was formed in 2018 and is co-owned by Thales Alenia Space and the geospatial intelligence company BlackSky.
Thales Alenia Space leads a consortium including Argotec, CIRA, and Sitael to develop the Space Factory 4.0 interconnected system.
Thales Alenia Space won a contract from the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to develop the Space Factory 4.0 program under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture owned 67% by Thales and 33% by Leonardo.
Thales Alenia Space is leading a consortium that includes Argotec, CIRA, and Sitael to develop an interconnected Space Factory 4.0 system with facilities located across Italy.
Each Thales Alenia Space SAR and optical IRIDE satellite will weigh about 170 kg and be based on the NIMBUS modular New Italian Micro Bus platform.
Thales Alenia Space won a contract from the Italian Space Agency to develop the Space Factory 4.0 program under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) as part of sub-investment M1C2.I4.3.
Thales Alenia Space’s IRIDE contracts include options for an additional four SAR satellites and one extra optical satellite worth a combined 94,000,000 EUR.
Thales Alenia Space won IRIDE contracts for six small synthetic aperture radar satellites and one optical satellite for a combined value of 141,000,000 EUR.
ESA awarded IRIDE satellite manufacturing contracts to Italy-based teams led by Thales Alenia Space, Argotec, Sitael, OHB, and D-Orbit.
Thales’s joint venture with Leonardo, Thales Alenia Space, designs and delivers solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental monitoring, space exploration, scientific research, and orbital infrastructures.
Thales has a joint venture with Leonardo called Thales Alenia Space that designs and delivers solutions for telecommunications, navigation, Earth observation, environmental monitoring, space exploration, scientific research, and orbital infrastructures.
Each O3b mPower satellite offers roughly 10 times the throughput of the first-generation fleet of 20 O3b satellites built by Thales Alenia Space that SES currently operates in MEO.
O3b mPower satellites provide roughly 10 times more throughput per satellite than the first-generation 20 Thales Alenia Space-built O3b satellites that SES currently operates in medium Earth orbit.
KT SAT Corporation Ltd. and Thales Alenia Space signed a communications satellite contract in September 2022.
Prime manufacturer Thales Alenia Space’s inflation and supply chain issues increased Lightspeed’s costs by at least $250,000,000.
Thales Alenia Space won contracts from the European Space Agency to supply a first batch of six small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites and one optical satellite for the Italian Earth observation constellation IRIDE.
The NIMBUS platform is built by Thales Alenia Space, can be produced rapidly, and is designed for high-revisit and high-capacity constellations.