Space

The IXV (Intermediate Experimental Vehicle) was launched five year ago to demonstrate critical atmospheric reentry technologies under real conditions, including aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic performance, plus the thermal protection, navigation and control systems. I

The 3GPP standardization organization has recently approved features enabling 5G to support satellite communications. By mid-2021, a set of global technical specifications will be available to seamlessly integrate communications satellites in 5G networks. Thales Alenia

Cannes, February 15, 2020 – The Cygnus spacecraft, dedicated to deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), has been successfully launched by an Antares rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia. Cygnus comprises two main sections: a Service Module from Northr

Solar Orbiter is a part of European Space Agency’s “Cosmic Vision” program Solar Orbiter will be Europe’s most advanced look at the Sun’s corona, thanks to Thales Alenia Space’s coronagraph Metis developed on behalf of Italian Space Agency (ASI) Heat Shield, designed

Ten years ago to the day, the Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off with two new modules for the International Space Station: Node 3, dubbed Tranquility, and the Cupola. Both were designed, integrated and tested by Thales Alenia Space in Turin, Italy. The two modules were

Miniaturisation in hardware and inventive software for ground stations is boosting speed, geographic reach, and accuracy through the MEOLUT Next solution for MEOSAR satellite search and rescue. Read on.

Cannes, January 17, 2020 – The all-electric EUTELSAT KONNECT telecommunications satellite has been successfully launched by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (South America). EUTELSAT KONNECT was built by Thales Alenia Space,

Three years ago, on January 14 2017, under the sunny skies of California, the first ten Iridium® NEXT satellites were successfully launched from the Vandenberg Air Force Base launch complex.

On This Day in 2005 the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's enigmatic moon.

Thales Alenia Space and partners are pleased to announce the official launch of VERTIGO (Very High Throughput Satellite-Ground Optical link), a 3-year project conducted through the Horizon2020 Research & Innovation program for the European Commission.