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The International Astronautical Congress will take place from September 18th to September 22nd, at the Paris Convention Centre. Thales Alenia Space will spotlight its latest capabilities, especially in the fields of lunar space exploration and environment monitoring, in...

Cannes, September 7, 2022 – Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), as prime contractor for the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites, is currently carrying out the final integration phase on the MTG-I1 satellite. The MTG-I1 wi...

This excellent news confirms the robustness of Europe’s geostationary weather satellites. MSG-1 (also called Meteosat-8) has broken all records for longevity, logging 19 years, 7 months and 12 days in orbit to date. MSG-1 was launched back in August 2002, followed by MS...

Today is World Meteorological Day, which emphasizes the essential contribution of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services to the safety and wellbeing of society and is celebrated with activities around the world. The themes chosen for World Meteorological Day...

For over 40 years, our engineers have been providing scientists, governments, institutions and decision-makers with the extensive expertise and critical data needed for environmental monitoring, oceanography and meteorology. Precisely because we’re so concerned about cl...

With a launch scheduled in 2021, ESA's MTG-I mission is making great progress. It has now passed tests showing that it will be able to stand up to the stress of liftoff.

Crucial, policy-influencing facts about climate change are coming in from the new generation of weather satellites. Here's what satellite radar and optics are seeing. Read on.

Precision surveillance by increasingly-powerful oceanography and weather observation satellites is delivering some priceless insights. Read on, for more about Thales Alenia Space’s specialised satellites and what we’re finding out. ...

Today, we can see all the layers in the atmosphere. We can analyse them for temperature, pressure, and gas concentrations. We can detect changes that are the origin of storms, and we can provide advance warning of the kind extreme weather that climate change appears to ...