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Cannes, December 5, 2019 – Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has signed a new contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), on behalf of the European Commission, to upgrade Europe’s EGNOS satellite n

Cannes, December 4, 2019 – Thales Alenia Space, a Joint Venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), announced today that it has signed a contract with the Egyptian operator Nilesat to build the Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite, winning the contrac

Cannes, December 2, 2019 – Following the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Ministerial Council meeting, Space19+, in Seville, Spain, Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), welcomed the announcements of the most ambitious plan for the

Cannes, November 27, 2019 – The Inmarsat GX5 geostationary telecommunications satellite has been successfully orbited by Arianespace atop an Ariane 5 launcher from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. Built for Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile s

The Meteosat program is celebrating its birthday, 42 years after the first satellite was launched in 1977. Meteosat-1 was launched on November 23, 1977. Placed in geostationary orbit at 0 degrees longitude, it provided a permanent view over most of Europe, the whole of

Toulouse, November 20th, 2019 – Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), is proud to announce that its Innovation Cluster has won an “Innovation Team Best Practices 2019 Award” from the Club de Paris des Directeurs d’Innovation, th

Paris, Cannes, November 19, 2019 – The all-electric KONNECT communications satellite built by Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), for the international operator Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) is now undergoing f

Thales Alenia Space will be at the Dubai Airshow from November 17 to 21, along with parent company Thales. The organizers of this strategic Middle East event expect nearly 87,000 visitors, 1,300 exhibitors and 165 aircraft in the static display at the Al Maktoum Interna

The first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation satellite (CSG1) arrived today at the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, after being shipped from Thales Alenia Space’s facility in Rome. Built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor for the Italian spa

The enhanced Pressurized Cargo Module (PCM) developed by Thales Alenia Space delivers 3,729 kg of cargo in a total volume of 27 cubic meters.