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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Telesat plans to order 188 satellites plus 10 in-orbit spares from Thales Alenia Space for the Telesat Lightspeed network.
Intelsat ordered two software-defined satellites, IS-41 and IS-44, from Thales Alenia Space on 2024-01-12.
Thales Alenia Space encountered supply chain shortages in October that pushed Telesat Lightspeed’s planned debut out by one year to 2026.
On 2022-04-29 Arabsat signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for Arabsat 7A, which Thales Alenia Space will build on its Space Inspire platform.
ARABSAT and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract for Thales Alenia Space to build ARABSAT-7A as a fully flexible Software-Defined Satellite based on the Space Inspire platform.
All four GEO orders Thales Alenia Space has announced so far 2022 have been for software-defined satellites.
Only one of the five GEO orders Thales Alenia Space announced in 2021 was for a fully software-defined satellite.
Thales Alenia Space has been contracted to provide the ground segment for the Arctic Weather Satellite program.
KSAT will serve as a subcontractor to Thales Alenia Space, providing the consortium with a single interface to handle routine operational needs for the Arctic Weather Satellite program.
Under technical assistance from Thales Alenia Space, the Agency for Defense Development worked with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Hanwha Systems to develop the four SAR satellites.
Thales Alenia Space and AIKOS.r.l. signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop advanced software for space systems.
Thales Alenia Space designed and built the Omnispace Spark-1 satellite.
Thales Alenia Space was selected in February 2021 to build 298 Lightspeed satellites.
Omnispace’s SPARK 1 satellite was designed and built by Thales Alenia Space in conjunction with NanoAvionics, Syrlinks, and ANYWAVES.
SES ordered a software-defined geostationary satellite from Thales Alenia Space on 2024-03-28.
SES-26 is the third satellite that SES has ordered from Thales Alenia Space since November 2023.
The SES order is part of a three-satellite commitment to Thales Alenia Space that includes two satellites to be deployed at 19.2 degrees East.
SES has ordered SES-26, a fully software-defined geostationary satellite, from Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space is a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%).
SES ordered ASTRA 1P and ASTRA 1Q from Thales Alenia Space as part of the same three-satellite contract.