Madrid, October 16, 2019 – The construction of the new clean room(1) that Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) is setting up in Spain has already started. This cutting-edge facility will become a reference for the integration and test of large space systems in Spain.

Cannes, October 14, 2019 – Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today the arrival of the first shipping container designed for the new family of communications satellites based on the Spacebus NEO platform. This delivery marks a new milestone in the European Space Agency’s NEOSAT development program. Built by the Italian company Garofoli, based in Terni, the container was shipped by barge and was delivered today at the port of Cannes. It will be conveyed to Thales Alenia Space plant on October 15 early morning.