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Thales Alenia Space partnered with Maxar Technologies in competition with Airbus Defence and Space to build a megaconstellation for Canadian operator Telesat, which is seeking 300 low Earth orbit satellites.
Telesat has worked with Airbus Defence and Space and a consortium formed by Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space on designing the Telesat LEO constellation, with a downselect of a manufacturer expected by the end of the year.
Airbus Defence and Space and a consortium led by Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space view the Telesat LEO contract as a $3,000,000,000 opportunity.
A fifth-generation Global Xpress satellite built by Thales Alenia Space is scheduled to launch 2019 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Falcon Eye 1 was built by Airbus Defence and Space with an imaging payload from Thales Alenia Space.
The French division of Thales Alenia Space built the Yamal-601 satellite.
Airbus is building six of the eight geostationary satellites ordered in 2019, including four built solely by Airbus (the Inmarsat-7s and Measat-3d) and two co-built with Thales Alenia Space (SpainSat NG 1 and 2).
Inmarsat has a fifth Global Xpress satellite, GX-5 from Thales Alenia Space, scheduled to launch later 2019 on an Ariane 5 rocket.
Bangabandhu-1 is a 3,500-kilogram communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space.
Eutelsat has a 75-gigabit-per-second Ka-band satellite named Konnect built by Thales Alenia Space that is slated to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket at the end of the year.
Airbus is competing against a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team for an estimated $3,000,000,000 contract to build Telesat’s megaconstellation.
The contract for the two replacement satellites was awarded to a consortium of Airbus and Thales Alenia Space with the bulk of the work to be done by Airbus.
Airbus Defence and Space and a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team are competing for a Telesat contract estimated at $3,000,000,000.
As of 2019-05-02, Airbus Defence and Space and a Maxar Technologies–Thales Alenia Space team had nearly finalized designs and planned to submit proposals to Telesat in the coming months.
Airbus Defence and Space and the Maxar–Thales Alenia Space team expressed willingness to establish factories in Canada to build Telesat’s satellites.
Thales Alenia Space plans to have a satellite servicing business by 2024 or 2025 and is currently in concept development.
A Global Industry Perspectives panel featuring executives from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Boeing, Thales Alenia Space, Lockheed Martin, Planet and Iridium Communications is scheduled on Thursday from 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.
Telesat expects to select a satellite manufacturer later 2019, with candidates being Airbus Defence and Space or a consortium of Maxar Technologies and Thales Alenia Space.
Thales Alenia Space built the Ka-band O3b satellites and each satellite carries 20 gigabits per second of throughput.
Thales Alenia Space purchased Ruag’s opto-electronics business line in 2016 and brought expertise in optical communications in space that could be used for LeoSat’s 108 satellites.