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Thales Alenia Space in 2020 – From Earth to Deep Space
An exceptional year for Earth observation and space exploration
CSO-2 satellite in orbit
Cannes, December 29, 2020 – Following the launch of CSO-1 in December 2018, the CSO-2 military observation satellite was successfully launched today by Arianespace using a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Featuring a very-h
Watching over the Vendée Globe… from space!
Check-out how satellite-based technologies keep an eye on the skippers, and may even be called on to save lives!
Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio signed a contract for two additional COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellites
Rome, December 15, 2020 - Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and Telespazio, Joint Venture between Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%), forming the Space Alliance, have signed the contracts with the Italian Ministry of Defence and wi
Launch success for UAE’s FalconEye satellite
Kourou, December 2, 2020 – The Earth observation satellite FalconEye was successfully launched last night from the European Spaceport (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana by an Arianespace Soyuz rocket.
Thales Alenia Space signs contract from ESA to build Copernicus ROSE-L satellite
Rome, December 3rd, 2020 - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), announced today that it has signed a 482 Meuro contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Copernicus Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band
Thales Alenia Space to build Copernicus CHIME satellites
Cannes – November 13, 2020 - Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), announced today that it has signed a 90 Meuro first tranche contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to design and build the 2 environmental monitoring sat
Thales Alenia Space to build Copernicus CIMR satellites
Rome, November 13, 2020 - Thales Alenia Space, Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %) announced today that it has signed a 93 Meuro, first tranche of the 495 Meuro global contract, with the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Copernicus Imaging Mic
Thales Alenia Space at the forefront of high-priority environmental missions
Cannes, November 13, 2020 – Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), signed today with the European Space Agency (ESA) 2 new contracts in the frame of the new high-priority Copernicus satellite missions planned to expand the curre
Thales Alenia Space will provide the IRIS altimeter for the Copernicus CRISTAL mission
Toulouse, 2020, September 21. Thales Alenia Space has today signed a close to €88 million contract with Airbus Defence and Space, prime contractor of the satellite, to develop the two IRIS flight models (Interferometric Radar Altimeter for Ice and Snow) of the Copernicu