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.
Rafael Navarro is the Optical Payload Engineering Manager at Thales Alenia Space in Spain.
The COSMIC mission will be developed in collaboration with 10 UK-based partner companies including MDA UK, Thales Alenia Space UK, Nammo, GMV-NSL, NORSS, Goonhilly, Satellite Applications Catapult, and Willis Towers Watson.
Thales Alenia Space and Singapore-based SpeQtral signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct tests involving the SpeQtral-1 satellite and Thales Alenia ground equipment.
Singaporean startup SpeQtral plans to deploy its first low Earth orbit QKD satellite in 2024 and has a deal to use ground services from Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space and its partners were selected by the European Commission to lead EROSS IOD.
NorthStar previously ordered three larger SSA satellites from Thales Alenia Space but canceled that agreement in favor of using Spire to accelerate its constellation plans.
All satellites in Iridium’s upgraded constellation were built by Thales Alenia Space and carry the Aireon hosted payload.
KT SAT ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space for a launch in late 2024 to replace its aging Koreasat 6 spacecraft.
The satellite KT SAT ordered from Thales Alenia Space will not provide the expansion capacity KT SAT needs in the region.
Koreasat 6A will be based on the Spacebus 4000B2 platform from Thales Alenia Space.
KT SAT selected Thales Alenia Space to design and build the Koreasat 6A satellite.
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract on 2022-09-12 to deliver the Koreasat 6A communications satellite for KT SAT in the fourth quarter of 2024.
Thales Alenia Space secured orders for eight geostationary (GEO) satcom satellites in the 10 months prior to World Satellite Business Week.
KT SAT has coverage beyond South Korea over other countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa with its fleet of four fully owned satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and additional leased capacity from a satellite manufactured by what is now Maxar Technologies.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales, which holds 67%, and Leonardo, which holds 33%.
Thales Alenia Space signed a launch contract for Koreasat 6A that it initially expected to announce shortly.
Thales Alenia Space posted consolidated revenues of approximately 2,150,000,000 EUR in 2021.
Thales Alenia Space had around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the United States as of 2021.
Thales Alenia Space will train and support KT SAT’s on-site engineering team and provide operational assistance throughout KOREASAT 6A’s lifetime.
Thales Alenia Space built Koreasat 6 and has delivered the fully owned communications satellites Koreasat 5, Koreasat 5A, and Koreasat 7 for South Korea.