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Telesat awarded a similar constellation design contract on 2018-07-30 to a team of Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipAug 1, 2018Telesat picks Airbus Defence and Space as second constellation design partner

Konnect VHTS, a Ka-band satellite being built by Thales Alenia Space, will concentrate 500 Gbps of capacity over Europe after launching in 2021 with a to-be-announced launch provider.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipAug 1, 2018Eutelsat to buy two all-electric satellites from Airbus to replace Hotbird constellation

The design collaboration positions Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies as a team that could ultimately build Telesat’s 117-satellite system and accompanying ground segment if Telesat makes a manufacturing award in mid-2019.

Mentioned as: ThalesNarrative GeneralJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

Telesat selected Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Technologies’ Space Systems Loral division on 2018-07-30 to collaborate on the design of its low Earth orbit broadband satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipJul 30, 2018Telesat selects Thales-Maxar team for LEO constellation design work

LeoSat is designing its constellation with European manufacturer Thales Alenia Space, which is positioned to build the system once LeoSat signs a firm contract.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipJul 23, 2018Hispasat cites inter-satellite links as pivotal for LeoSat investment

Altec is a joint venture of the Italian Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space that signed a memorandum of understanding with Virgin Galactic in 2016 about performing flights from Italy.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipJul 8, 2018Virgin space companies sign new agreements with Italy

BridgeSat is working with Tesat-Spacecom and Thales Alenia Space to create optical terminals that will work with the BridgeSat network.

Mentioned as: ThalesNarrative GeneralJun 26, 2018Commercial laser comm edges closer to reality

Oxford Space Systems’ first antenna is scheduled to launch in 2020 on the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory’s Wideband Ionospheric Sounder CubeSat Experiment that Thales Alenia Space is building.

Mentioned as: ThalesNarrative GeneralJun 14, 2018Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business

Iridium spent around $3,000,000,000 on the Iridium Next program to purchase satellites from Thales Alenia Space in Europe.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipMay 22, 2018SpaceX launches five Iridium satellites and twin science spacecraft

Thales Alenia Space originally planned to launch Bangabandhu-1 on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket but switched to SpaceX at Bangladesh’s request.

Mentioned as: ThalesNarrative GeneralMay 11, 2018SpaceX launches Bangladeshi satellite on debut Block 5 Falcon 9 mission

BTRC purchased a turnkey contract for Bangabandhu-1 from Thales Alenia Space in 2015 for $248,000,000 that included construction of ground infrastructure for satellite operations and provisioning of a launch vehicle.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipMay 11, 2018SpaceX launches Bangladeshi satellite on debut Block 5 Falcon 9 mission

Thales Alenia Space’s winning bid listed Arianespace’s Ariane 5 as the default launcher for Bangabandhu-1.

Mentioned as: ThalesNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2018How Bangladesh became SpaceX’s first Block 5 Falcon 9 customer

Of the $360,000,000 debt raise, $60,000,000 was allocated to Thales Alenia Space and $87,000,000 was deposited to a debt reserve account that is part of the BPI France Export Assurance credit facility used to finance Iridium Next.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2018LEO constellation rush not a threat to Iridium, CEO says

The new debt raise enabled Iridium to pay Thales Alenia Space $45,000,000 in deferred payments related to Iridium Next.

Mentioned as: ThalesNarrative FinancialApr 26, 2018LEO constellation rush not a threat to Iridium, CEO says

Three weeks before 2018-04-27, Eutelsat forwent an investment in a planned 1-terabit Viasat satellite and instead purchased a 500-Gbps satellite from Thales Alenia Space focused exclusively on Europe.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2018Eutelsat takes French telecom regulator to court over Inmarsat’s EAN license

Deep Space Industries has a contract to provide 20 Comet thrusters to LeoStella, the joint venture of Spaceflight Industries and Thales Alenia Space, for the BlackSky imaging-satellite constellation, under a deal disclosed on 2018-04-03.

Mentioned as: ThalesOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2018Space resources company co-founder sets sights on next wave of space startups
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