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Thales Alenia Space

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Cannes, France
www.thalesaleniaspace.com
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Thales Alenia Space offered the fastest delivery schedule for SES’s C-band procurement but did not provide stacking capability.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/24/2022SES Team Spotlight: Thyago Consort on Readying SES-20 and SES-21 C-band Satellites

Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with ArianeGroup to develop a range safeguard system for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/29/2022Thales Alenia Space Partners with ArianeGroup to Produce Range Safeguard System for Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle

Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with ArianeGroup to produce the range safeguard system for the Ariane 6 launch vehicle.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/28/2022Ariane 6 launch vehicle range safeguard system contracted to Thales Alenia Space by ArianeGroup

Thales Alenia Space and Singapore-based SpeQtral signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct tests involving the SpeQtral-1 satellite and Thales Alenia ground equipment.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/23/2022SES considering quantum cryptography satellite system

Singaporean startup SpeQtral plans to deploy its first low Earth orbit QKD satellite in 2024 and has a deal to use ground services from Thales Alenia Space.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/22/2022SES-led group to deploy quantum security satellite for Europe in 2024

Thales Alenia Space secured orders for eight geostationary (GEO) satcom satellites in the 10 months prior to World Satellite Business Week.

ORG RELATIONSHIP9/12/2022KT SAT orders Koreasat 6A communications satellite from Thales

Thales Alenia Space prepared to ship the SWOT spacecraft from its factory in Cannes, France to Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/7/2022U.S.-French Earth science satellite ready to ship for December launch

Thales Alenia Space has around 8,900 employees across 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the United States.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/1/2022Thales Alenia Space + Eutelsat partner to deliver high-speed b’band across Europe with the EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite

Thales Alenia Space received approval for €1.5 million for Skimsat predevelopments.

NARRATIVE GENERAL7/19/2022ESA funds Skimsat demonstrator study for VLEO

Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with the EU Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA) to develop, qualify, and deploy a new version of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).

ORG RELATIONSHIP6/23/2022New satellite navigation programs now under development by Thales Alenia Space for EGNOS + Galileo via a EUSPA contract

Thales Alenia Space had around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the United States as of 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/20/2022Thales Alenia Space + Telespazio sign follow-on contract with Italian Ministry of Defense to develop the SICRAL 3 SATCOM system

Thales Alenia Space had around 8,900 employees in 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the United States as of 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/20/2022Thales Alenia Space + Telespazio sign follow-on contract with Italian Ministry of Defense to develop the SICRAL 3 SATCOM system

Thales Alenia Space signed an amendment to its CO2M contract worth €169 million with project prime contractor OHB for development and qualification of the payloads for the first two CO2M satellites.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT5/23/2022Key Milestone Reached By Thales Alenia Space In The Ongoing Development of Prime OBH’s Copernicus CO2M Mission For The ESA

Thales Alenia Space and AIKOS.r.l. signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop advanced software for space systems.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/11/2022Thales Alenia Space and AIKO To Develop Advanced Software For Space Applications

Thales Alenia Space has been contracted to provide the ground segment for the Arctic Weather Satellite program.

ORG RELATIONSHIP4/11/2022KSAT Will Support Gilmour Space With The Launch Of The Eris Launch Vehicle, Plus, KSAT To Provide S-a-a-S For ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite

Thales Alenia Space has around 7,700 employees across 10 countries with 17 sites in Europe and a plant in the United States.

NARRATIVE GROWTH2/22/2022The 2Gen PRISMA EO System + HydRON Builds Now Underway By Thales Alenia Space + Teams

Thales Alenia Space will supply the two modules of the first commercial space station designed by Axiom Space.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/28/2021Advanced Tech Invested In By Thales Alenia For Human Space Flight

Thales Alenia Space acted as a subcontractor to Airbus by supplying the CERES satellites’ platforms.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/17/2021Airbus D&S + Thales Built CERES Satellites Launched By Arianespace

Thales Alenia Space acted as a subcontractor to Airbus by supplying the CERES satellites' platforms.

ORG RELATIONSHIP11/17/2021CERES reconnaissance space system designed by Airbus and Thales successfully launched

Sentinel-1C, built by Thales Alenia Space, is scheduled for launch in 2022.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT10/28/2021Better climate data through ten times more accurate satellite navigation
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