All Articles in Constellations

The enlarged 4 satellites final constellation will represent an extraordinary monitoring system guaranteeing greater performance and a significant increase in possible applications. Since 2008, the COSMO-SkyMed constellation has acquired approximately 2 million images...

Five years ago, on January 14, 2017, under sunny Californian skies, the first ten Iridium NEXT satellites were sent aloft from Vandenberg Air Force Base (now called Vandenberg Space Force Base).

Cannes, Tukwila, October 27th, 2020 – Thales Alenia Space, the Joint Venture between Thales (67 %) and Leonardo (33 %), signed the first phase of a contract with NorthStar Earth and Space Inc., the Canadian space-based information services company, to start the develop...

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.

Thales Alenia Space is leader in a wave of Low and Medium Earth Orbit satellite constellations for both communications and earth observation, satisfying the need for global coverage and low latency required for Internet services, and made possible by economies of scale...

The best place to understand the long-term trends affecting our planet is not on Earth, but high above it!

The tune of 20 high-performance satellites built by Thales Alenia Space for SES to deliver more communications services across the world

All satellites operational, as project teams rise to a daunting technical challenge

February 7, 2019 – The four latest O3b satellites arrived at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on February 2, after being shipped from Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Rome.