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Cannes, February 9, 2021 – Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (Euronext Paris: HO) (67%) and Leonardo (Milan stock exchange: LDO) (33%), has signed an agreement with leading global satellite operator Telesat to be the prime contractor on the construc...

IXV, the Intermediate Experimental Vehicle, was launched six years ago to the day, on February 11, 2015. It made a flawless suborbital flight lasting 100 minutes and covering 25,000 kilometers, the last 8,000 in a searing atmospheric descent and splashdown right on tar...

Thales Alenia Space recently delivered the high-gain antenna (HGA) for the JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission to prime contractor Airbus Defence & Space. Despite the coronavirus pandemic, our engineers and technicians continue to perform critical operations for...

Eleven 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 ...

February 4, 2021 – Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), is partnering with South Korean operator KT SAT, subsidiary of the world’s first 5G commercial service provider Korea Telecom, to lead 5G demonstration using the geostation...

We are kicking off the New Year with hope for the future. Today, Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with the European Space Agency to develop ESPRIT (European System Providing Refueling, Infrastructure and Telecommunications) for the upcoming lunar space station, Ga...

Turin, January 29, 2020 – Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) has signed a contract with European Space Agency (ESA), worth € 4,5 Million, for the study of Cis-Lunar Transfer Vehicle (CLTV), a transportation logistic space vehicle...

Lome, January 28, 2021 – The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, ASECNA, the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd, NIGCOMSAT and Thales Alenia Space, joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) joint efforts to accelerate SBAS develo...

The creative teams at our L’Aquila plant in Italy have developed an innovative technology that allows customers to remotely inspect hardware during the production process.

Thales Alenia Space was pleased to welcome to its Cannes plant today Franck Riester, French Minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, as well as David Lisnard, Mayor of Cannes.