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Thales Alenia Space

FR
commercial
Cannes, France
www.thalesaleniaspace.com
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OHB System will collaborate with an industrial core team including Thales Alenia Space (France and UK) and RUAG Space Switzerland to design and develop the PLATO satellite.

Mentioned as: Thales Alenia SpaceOrg RelationshipJun 8, 2018OHB System to sign PLATO construction contract in June

Thales Alenia Space, UK will integrate and test the PLATO satellite platform.

Mentioned as: Thales Alenia Space, UKTechnical ProductJun 8, 2018OHB System to sign PLATO construction contract in June

APT Satellite is working with Thales Alenia Space to correct the Apstar-6 power issue.

Mentioned as: Thales Alenia SpaceOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2018Solar array glitch sidelines transponders on Apstar-6 satellite

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

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

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: Thales Alenia SpaceOrg RelationshipMay 11, 2018SpaceX launches Bangladeshi satellite on debut Block 5 Falcon 9 mission

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: Thales Alenia SpaceNarrative GeneralMay 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: Thales Alenia SpaceNarrative GeneralMay 9, 2018How Bangladesh became SpaceX’s first Block 5 Falcon 9 customer

Inmarsat has three satellites under construction: a Ka-band satellite dubbed GX-5 from Thales Alenia Space and two Inmarsat-6 satellites with L- and Ka-band capacity from Airbus Defence and Space.

Mentioned as: Thales Alenia SpaceTechnical ProductMay 3, 2018Inmarsat hints at “GX Flex” next-gen satellite investment

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: Thales Alenia SpaceOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2018Eutelsat takes French telecom regulator to court over Inmarsat’s EAN license

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

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

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: Thales Alenia SpaceOrg RelationshipApr 26, 2018LEO constellation rush not a threat to Iridium, CEO says

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: Thales Alenia SpaceOrg RelationshipApr 25, 2018Space resources company co-founder sets sights on next wave of space startups

SWISSto12 will manufacture spacecraft waveguide products based on Thales Alenia Space designs using SWISSto12 proprietary additive manufacturing and surface treatment technologies.

Mentioned as: Thales Alenia SpaceTechnical ProductMar 18, 2018Thales Alenia Space and SWISSto12 enter into agreement to setup a digitalised and highly effective spacecraft waveguide supply chain
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