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 and Thales SESO® in France are developing the optical payload telescopes for LISA.
OHB awarded Thales Alenia Space a €263 million contract to develop avionics and control software, telecommunications systems, and drag-free and attitude control systems for LISA’s three spacecraft.
Giampiero Di Paolo is the Chief Executive Officer of Thales Alenia Space Italy.
Through Thales Alenia Space, Leonardo builds satellites, through Telespazio it operates them, and through e-GEOS it distributes Earth observation data.
Thales Alenia Space Italy and Telespazio have a strong industrial and technological presence in Abruzzo.
Leonardo is building a satellite constellation as a direct investment by the parent company rather than through Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space’s Space Smart Factory in Rome was inaugurated in October 2025.
Thales Alenia Space will build the constellation spacecraft at its Space Smart Factory in Rome.
Thales Alenia Space’s Space Smart Factory in Rome is designed to produce up to 100 satellites per year.
Massimo Comparini also served as CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia.
Massimo Claudio Comparini is Managing Director of Leonardo's Space Division, Chairman of the Board of Thales Alenia Space, and Chairman of the Assembly of Founders of Gran Sasso Tech.
Before joining Leonardo’s Space Division, Massimo Comparini spent four years as Deputy CEO and Senior Executive Vice President for Observation, Exploration, and Navigation at Thales Alenia Space.
Leonardo’s Space Division works across the satellite value chain through Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio, and e-GEOS.
Thales Alenia Space said the I-HAB module has a similar problem and it is working with the European Space Agency to resolve it soon.
Thales Alenia Space detected a metallurgical phenomenon on the surface of HALO that it expects to correct by the end of the third quarter of this year.
Thales Alenia Space was selected by the European Space Agency to build the pressure-vessel structures for the HALO and I-HAB modules at its plants in Italy.
Thales Alenia Space’s modules for Axiom Space’s commercial space station project have also been affected.
Loft will lead a consortium with Thales Alenia Space and Tekever France for France’s sovereign space-based radar imaging capability.
After sterilisation, the Rosalind Franklin parachute was packaged in protective wrapping and returned to Thales Alenia Space in Turin for integration.
ESA awarded Thales Alenia Space a €522 million framework contract in April 2024 for maintenance and upgrade of elements already built for the mission and for development of the Entry, Descent, and Landing Module.