All Articles in Space to observe and protect

Space cooperation for climate science   Cannes, September 6th 2022 - After more than a year in assembly, integration and testing at Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Cannes, France, for the French and U.S. space agencies CNES and NASA, the SWOT satellite (... ...

Contract amendment signed for development and qualification of the IRIS radar altimeter   Toulouse, June 27, 2022. Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), signed an amendment to the CRISTAL contract with Airbus Defen... ...

Contract amendment signed for development and qualification of two payloads for the CO2M mission   Cannes, May 23, 2022 – Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed an amendment to its CO2M contract worth €169 ... ...

Based on innovative, ultralight, flexible, high-efficiency photovoltaic modules    Cannes, October 16, 2018 – Thales Alenia Space, a joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today the successful completion of static mechanical valid... ...

SWOT payload arrives in France for integration with the satellite   June 30 2021 - The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from NASA in California today delivered the payload for the SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) oceanography satellite to Thales Al... ...

Reflecting a commitment to customer satisfaction and sustainable development Cannes, March 27th, 2014 – Thales Alenia Space announced today that it had received the renewal of its quality certifications ISO 9001 and AQAP 2110 (NATO), EN 9100 (specific to th... ...

Cannes, March 31st, 2014 – The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, is ready to be launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, using a Soyuz-Fregat A launcher. Sentinel-1A is the first satelli... ...

Cannes, January 6, 2015 – Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has been selected by French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) to build the oceanography satellite SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography). Produced in collaboration ... ...

Turkey’s Göktürk-1 satellite has been shipped to Ankara to undergo environmental tests Cannes, May 7, 2015 – Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and SSM, announced that the Göktürk-1  observation satellite for the Turkish Ministry of Defense has been shipped to... ...

Thales Alenia Space-built MSG-4 weather satellite in orbit   Cannes, July 16, 2015 – The fourth Meteosat Second Generation weather satellite, MSG-4, built by Thales Alenia Space and contracted by ESA on behalf of EUMETSAT, was successfully orbited by Arian... ...