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 will leverage its experience with Galileo, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), and other operational constellations when competing to build the second-generation satellites.
Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space Italy built the first four Galileo satellites used to validate the constellation concept.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space both helped build the Galileo ground segment, giving them familiarity with the constellation.
SES selected Thales Alenia Space to build two C-band satellites.
SES characterized the satellites ordered from Thales Alenia Space as contingency satellites to ensure clearing of 300 megahertz of auctioned spectrum two years ahead of the FCC’s December 2025 deadline.
The 2020-08-07 contract between SES and Thales Alenia Space follows a flurry of satellite manufacturing and launch deals SES signed with U.S. companies as it races to clear 300 megahertz of C-band over the next 40 months to earn nearly $4,000,000,000 in incentive payments.
SES operates a fleet of 20 first-generation O3b satellites built by Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space will build the SES-22 and SES-23 television broadcast satellites using its Spacebus 4000 B2 platform.
Thales Alenia Space is the first European company to win one of the 12 replacement satellite orders placed 2020 related to the U.S. FCC’s upcoming C-band spectrum auction.
Maxar and Thales Alenia Space terminated their collaboration on the Telesat LEO architecture in late 2019.
Maxar received a study contract from Telesat two years ago to design an architecture for the Telesat LEO broadband constellation with then-partner Thales Alenia Space.
NanoAvionics received orders in 2020 from British space video startup Sen, a consortium of Dutch and Norwegian government agencies, and Thales Alenia Space.
ISS Reshetnev built the Express-80 and Express-103 spacecraft using payloads supplied by Thales Alenia Space.
Airbus Defence and Space will partner with Thales Alenia Space of Italy on the Earth Return Orbiter spacecraft.
The 2.55-billion-euro ESA funding is sufficient for Airbus, Thales Alenia Space, and OHB to start building the Copernicus satellites.
The YAM-3 satellite is being built by LeoStella, a joint venture of Thales Alenia Space and BlackSky.
Thales Alenia Space of France and Italy is building the MTG satellites using satellite platforms from German manufacturer OHB.
Thales Alenia Space was awarded the lead development role for three of the six planned Copernicus Earth-observation missions in contracts announced 2020-07-01, totaling more than €1.4 billion.
The L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar mission (ROSE-L) will carry an L-band synthetic aperture radar to support forest management and monitor subsidence and soil moisture, with Thales Alenia Space Italy leading development on a €482 million contract.
The Copernicus Hyperspectral Imaging Mission (CHIME) will carry a hyperspectral imager for sustainable agricultural and biodiversity management, with Thales Alenia Space France leading development on a €455 million contract.