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Thales Alenia Space

April 10, 2024

Thales Alenia Space (/ˈθɑːlɛz/) is a joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group (67%) and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo (33%). The company is headquartered in Cannes, France.

Thales Alenia Space
IndustryAerospace
PredecessorAlcatel Alenia Space
Founded2007; 17 years ago (2007)
HeadquartersCannes, France
Key people
Hervé Derrey, President and CEO
Consolidated revenues €2.2 billion (2022)[1]
Number of employees
8,500 (2022)
ParentThales Group (67%)
Leonardo (33%)
Websitehttps://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/en/

It provides space-based systems, including satellites and ground segments, used for telecommunications, navigation, earth observation, space exploration and scientific purposes.[1] The company is the second largest industrial participant in the International Space Station (ISS), having produced numerous pressurized modules for the European Space Agency (ESA) including the Cupola, the node modules, Harmony and Tranquility, or the structure of the Columbus laboratory. It is a key contributor to Galileo, a European global satellite navigation system, being responsible for the ground segment in particular. In 2021, the company was also awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission to build 6 of the 12 new Galileo Second Generation satellites.[2]

Thales Alenia Space has 17 industrial plants in Europe as well a joint venture in the United States, Leostella. This JV with the Seattle-based company, BlackSky Global, is mostly dedicated to the development of the BlackSky Pathfinder-1 high revisit optical constellation.

History edit

Thales Alenia Space arose as a result of the French defense electronics specialist Thales Group deciding to buy out the participation of Alcatel in two joint-ventures between France's Alcatel and Italy's Finmeccanica, Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio.[3] Accordingly, on 1 June 2005, Alcatel Alenia Space was established by the merger of Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio; it was initially owned by Alcatel-Lucent (67%) and Finmeccanica (33%). The creation of the company was concurrent with the creation of Telespazio Holding; this too was a merger of Finmeccanica and Alcatel businesses (Telespazio and Alcatel's Space Services and Operations respectively).[4][5]

On 5 April 2006, Alcatel announced that it intended to sell its share in Alcatel Alenia Space (and its 33% stake in Telespazio) to Thales Group.[6] On 10 April 2007, the European Union, which had performed an in-depth investigation into the proposed transaction over its potential impact on market competition, gave its approval for the transference to proceed.[7][8] That same day, a Thales Group press release hailed the creation of a new space alliance between itself and Finmeccanica.[9]

According to a statement by Thales UK chief executive Alex Dorrian issued during 2007, Thales Alenia Space has actively sought out opportunities for both partnership and acquisition amongst other space enterprises.[10] In December 2007, it was announced that Thales Alenia Space and Russian satellite specialist NPO PM have agreed to develop the new Express-4000 multi-mission satellite bus, which incorporates Russian equipment with a Thales-built payload.[11] Since then, Thales Alenia Space has developed subcontracting relationships with North American aerospace companies, including Ball Aerospace[12] and Boeing.[13]

Activities edit

Thales Alenia Space is a major European satellite specialist. These satellites range in purpose, from telecommunications to navigation, Earth observation and space exploration, including science and orbital infrastructures. Since 2007, the company has been regarded as the largest satellite manufacturer, in both the civilian and military sectors, in Europe.[14][10]

In the mid-1990s, the United States stopped issuing export licenses for satellite components that will be launched on Chinese rockets, fearing that such launches would help China's military. In response, Thales Alenia developed a line of ITAR-free satellites that contained no restricted U.S. components. Between 2005 and 2012, numerous ITAR-free satellites, such as Apstar 6,[15] Chinasat-6B, and Apstar 7, were launched on Chinese Long March launch vehicles.[16][17] However, the United States Department of State disputed the ITAR-free status of these satellites, issuing a US$8 million fine to the American company Aeroflex for selling ITAR components. During 2013, Thales Alenia decided to discontinue its ITAR-free satellite line.[18]

A major proportion of Thales Alenia Space's business is centered around the production of communications satellites, in which it is a world leader.[14][19] During 2010, Thales Alenia Space received a US$2.9 billion fixed-price contract to manufacture a total of 81 satellites for Iridium Communications' NEXT satellite telephony network.[20] It is also engaged in producing a separate batch of 24 satellites for Globalstar's second generation network.[14] The company is also responsible for producing 6 satellites for Galileo second generation,[2] a European global satellite navigation system (GSNS).[14][21]

The company constructed the Multi-Purpose Logistics Modules, which were used to transport cargo inside the Space Shuttle orbiters. Thales Alenia Space also built several modules for the International Space Station (ISS): the Cupola, the Columbus structure, Harmony, Tranquility and Leonardo.[4] After the American aerospace corporation Boeing, Thales Alenia Space was the second largest industrial provider to the ISS.[14] It also built the pressure vessels for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) and Cygnus spacecraft.[4] During the 2010s, Thales Alenia Space manufactured the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV),[22] a prototype suborbital spaceplane intended to validate work towards reusable launcher systems, acting as a stepping stone towards the Programme for Reusable In-orbit Demonstrator in Europe (PRIDE program) and the consequential Space Rider that harnesses IPX technology.[23][24] It has also engaged with other space exploration efforts, such as proposed lunar cargo landing vehicle.[25]

Since then, working with Avio, the company will build ESA's Space Rider reusable autonomous space transportation system, which draws on the heritage of the IXV demonstrator.[26] The company will also be a key European partner onboard NASA's Artemis, aiming to bring physically astronauts back to the Moon in 2025. Thales Alenia Space will provide in particular three key modules for the Lunar Gateway[27] space station. It will also deliver two pressurized modules for the Axiom commercial space station. Furthermore, Thales Alenia Space is developing a new line of on-orbit servicing spacecraft, capable of carrying out a wide range of operations in orbit, from satellite inspection and life extension, to robotic manipulation and deorbiting space debris.[28] The company has also taken part to international space exploration missions across the Solar System such as Cassini-Huygens (Saturn exploration),[29] ExoMars[30] (Mars), BepiColombo[31] (Mercury), Solar Orbiter[32][33][34](Sun), NASA’ Orion probe (lunar exploration, part NASA's ARTEMIS), and many more. The company is also prime contractor for Euclid, ESA's science mission aimed to study the universe's dark matter and dark energy.

In the fields of telecommunications, Thales Alenia Space has launched 2 major product lines over the last 2 decades, dubbed Spacebus Neo and Space Inspire. Both based on platforms including electrical propulsion systems.[35][36] Spacebus NEO is used for very high throughput satellites, helping bridge the digital divide across the globe. In 2022, EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite, for telecommunications operator Eutelsat, was successfully launched by Arianespace.[37] Built by Thales Alenia Space, this Spacebus NEO satellite was said to be the most powerful and capacitive one ever built in Europe at that time. Its mission is to provide fiber-like high speed Internet over Europe, especially in isolated areas, called white zones. The launch of the second product line, Space Inspire, was announced in 2019. It is a compact and fully-digitalized solution that can be reconfigured in orbit. It will enable telecommunications operators to dynamically allocate capacity where and when needed, in any bandwidth. The company has been leading the geostationary telecommunications market in 2021 and in 2022, winning 60% of telecom satellites contracts available on the open market in 2022. The same year the company was awarded several contracts for 6 telecommunications satellites, including 5 based on its Space Inspire solution.[38]

The company is also a lead player in Europe's Copernicus program, fully dedicated to environmental monitoring.[39][40] In 2020, Thales Alenia Space was awarded five contracts for the six new Copernicus Expansion missions, as prime contractor for the CIMR,[39] ROSE-L[41] and CHIME[39] satellites, and supplier of the CRISTAL[42] and CO2M mission payloads. These new satellites will be used to measure the atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2)[43] produced by human activity, monitor sea ice thickness and overlying snow depth, provide improved services for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity management, observe ocean behavior, and support precision agriculture and food security. The company has been the industrial prime contractor for 3 generations of Meteosat European weather satellites.[44] Third generation MTG, Meteosat Third Generation, is still under development. This latest generation will include 6 satellites: 4 imaging ones and 2 atmospheric sounders. The first MTG imaging satellite, dubbed MTG-I1, was successfully launched by Arianespace late 2022.[45] A few days after, it was the turn of SWOT oceanography satellite to be successfully orbited by SpaceX. Mostly built by Thales Alenia Space with contributions from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the French-U.S. satellite, produced for French Space Agency, CNES, and NASA, is set to revolutionize oceanography and hydrology.[46]

In the defense sector, a number of countries have chosen Thales Alenia Space for their military or dual telecommunications systems, providing front-line support for their armed forces in any theater of operations. In the market for space-based surveillance systems, Thales Alenia Space offers high and very-high resolution optical and radar payloads. The company is involved in numerous programs such as French Syracuse military satellites, Italian SICRAL,[47] and many more.

Thales Alenia Space is also the exclusive supplier of very-high-resolution optical instruments for French intelligence satellites, including the optical payloads on Helios, Pleiades and CSO.[48][49] Through the LeoStella joint venture in the United States, a JV between Thales Alenia Space and US-based company BlackSky, the company is also contributing to the BlackSky constellation, which will include 60 optical observation satellites featuring submetric resolution and very high revisit rates.[50] The company is also the industrial prime contractor for the two generations of COSMO-SkyMed radar satellites for the Italian space agency and defense ministry.[51]

Locations edit

In 2021, Thales Alenia Space had 8,000 employees operating in 17 industrial sites located in nine European countries (France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Luxembourg):

Executive Board edit

Current CEO is Hervé Derrey since February 2020, replacing Jean-Loïc Galle.[52]

See also edit

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "Galileo Second Generation (G2)". www.eoportal.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ (Press release). Alcatel. 1 July 2005. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012.
  4. ^ a b c Montrasio, Simone (24 July 2016). "Nuovi Cygnus PCM ordinati alla Thales Alenia Space di Torino". astronautinews.it.
  5. ^ Coppinger, Rob (9 November 2007). "Alcatel's path to Thales". Flight International.
  6. ^ (Press release). Alcatel. 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012.
  7. ^ Coppinger, Rob (4 April 2007). "European Commission approves Thales take over of Alcatel's share of Alenia Space and Telespazio". Flight International.
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  10. ^ a b Turner, Aimée (31 August 2007). "Thales has eyes on UK space sector". Flight International.
  11. ^ Coppinger, Rob (14 December 2017). "Thales makes strategic partnership with NPO PM". Flight International.
  12. ^ Ferster, Warren (27 October 2009). "Ball Joins Thales Alenia Space's Iridium Next Team". SpaceNews. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  13. ^ Putrich, Gayle (24 June 2010). "SpaceX seals biggest-ever commercial launch deal". Flight International.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Exhibitor Spotlight: Thales Alenia Space". Space Tech Expo. 24 November 2016.
  15. ^ Harvey, Brian (2013). China in Space: The Great Leap Forward. New York: Springer. pp. 160–162. ISBN 9781461450436.
  16. ^ "China launches satellite despite restrictions". USA TODAY. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  17. ^ Coppinger, Rob (24 August 2007). "Watch this space". Flight International.
  18. ^ Ferster, Warren (5 September 2013). "U.S. Satellite Component Maker Fined $8 Million for ITAR Violations". SpaceNews.
  19. ^ Coppinger, Rob (20 June 2007). "Thales Alenia Space leads Paris space pack". Flight International.
  20. ^ Kirby, Mary (3 June 2010). "Iridium's NEXT plan progresses with Thales Alenia Space deal". Flight International.
  21. ^ Gubisch, Michael (9 March 2018). "Thales to develop dual GPS/Galileo satellite navigation system". Flight International.
  22. ^ Rosenberg, Zach (22 June 2011). "PARIS: ESA signs IXV construction contract". Flight International.
  23. ^ Space Rider PRIDE Italian Aerospace Research Centre Accessed: 15 November 2018
  24. ^ "ESA experimental spaceplane completes research flight". ESA. 11 February 2015. ESA's Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle flew a flawless reentry and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean just west of the Galapagos islands.
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  27. ^ "Italy to make 2 moon station modules - English". ANSA.it. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  28. ^ "On-Orbit servicing". eross-h2020.eu. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  29. ^ "ESA Science & Technology - Huygens". sci.esa.int. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  30. ^ "ESA e Thales Alenia Space Italia ancora insieme per la missione ExoMars". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  31. ^ "ESA Science & Technology - #13: BepiColombo integration and functional testing completed at Thales Alenia Space in Turin". sci.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  32. ^ "Liftoff for ESA's Solar Orbiter – Europe's eyes on the Sun". Thales Group. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  33. ^ massimo (10 December 2019). "Solar Orbiter, the European probe that will make a CT scan of the Sun. | Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino". Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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  35. ^ "Overview". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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  37. ^ "Ariane 5 successfully launches the innovative EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite". Arianespace. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  38. ^ "Thales Alenia Space to build state-of-the-art Intelsat 41 and Intelsat 44". Thales Group. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  39. ^ a b c "Contracts signed for three high-priority environmental missions". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  40. ^ "Contracts awarded for development of six new Copernicus missions". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  41. ^ "Contract signed for new Copernicus ROSE-L mission". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  42. ^ "Plans underway for new polar ice and snow topography mission". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  43. ^ "Contract signed to build Europe's carbon dioxide monitoring mission". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  44. ^ "A new generation of meteorological satellites". www.esa.int. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  45. ^ "Ariane 5 successfully launches MTG-I1 satellite for EUMETSAT and two Galaxy satellites for Intelsat". Arianespace. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  46. ^ "SWOT Solar Panels Deploy at Thales Alenia Space Facility in France". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  47. ^ "SICRAL". www.telespazio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  48. ^ "Pleiades-HR (High-Resolution Optical Imaging Constellation of CNES)". www.eoportal.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  49. ^ "Thales successfully launches CSO-2 satellite into orbit". SatellitePro ME. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  50. ^ Walsh, James (14 March 2018). "Thales and Spaceflight Create LeoStella to Manufacture Smallsats - Via Satellite -". Via Satellite. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
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External links edit

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Thales Alenia Space ˈ 8 ɑː l ɛ z is a joint venture between the French technology corporation Thales Group 67 and Italian defense conglomerate Leonardo 33 The company is headquartered in Cannes France Thales Alenia SpaceIndustryAerospacePredecessorAlcatel Alenia SpaceFounded2007 17 years ago 2007 HeadquartersCannes FranceKey peopleHerve Derrey President and CEOOperating incomeConsolidated revenues 2 2 billion 2022 1 Number of employees8 500 2022 ParentThales Group 67 Leonardo 33 Websitehttps www thalesaleniaspace com en It provides space based systems including satellites and ground segments used for telecommunications navigation earth observation space exploration and scientific purposes 1 The company is the second largest industrial participant in the International Space Station ISS having produced numerous pressurized modules for the European Space Agency ESA including the Cupola the node modules Harmony and Tranquility or the structure of the Columbus laboratory It is a key contributor to Galileo a European global satellite navigation system being responsible for the ground segment in particular In 2021 the company was also awarded a contract by the European Space Agency ESA and the European Commission to build 6 of the 12 new Galileo Second Generation satellites 2 Thales Alenia Space has 17 industrial plants in Europe as well a joint venture in the United States Leostella This JV with the Seattle based company BlackSky Global is mostly dedicated to the development of the BlackSky Pathfinder 1 high revisit optical constellation Contents 1 History 2 Activities 3 Locations 4 Executive Board 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThales Alenia Space arose as a result of the French defense electronics specialist Thales Group deciding to buy out the participation of Alcatel in two joint ventures between France s Alcatel and Italy s Finmeccanica Alcatel Alenia Space and Telespazio 3 Accordingly on 1 June 2005 Alcatel Alenia Space was established by the merger of Alcatel Space and Alenia Spazio it was initially owned by Alcatel Lucent 67 and Finmeccanica 33 The creation of the company was concurrent with the creation of Telespazio Holding this too was a merger of Finmeccanica and Alcatel businesses Telespazio and Alcatel s Space Services and Operations respectively 4 5 On 5 April 2006 Alcatel announced that it intended to sell its share in Alcatel Alenia Space and its 33 stake in Telespazio to Thales Group 6 On 10 April 2007 the European Union which had performed an in depth investigation into the proposed transaction over its potential impact on market competition gave its approval for the transference to proceed 7 8 That same day a Thales Group press release hailed the creation of a new space alliance between itself and Finmeccanica 9 According to a statement by Thales UK chief executive Alex Dorrian issued during 2007 Thales Alenia Space has actively sought out opportunities for both partnership and acquisition amongst other space enterprises 10 In December 2007 it was announced that Thales Alenia Space and Russian satellite specialist NPO PM have agreed to develop the new Express 4000 multi mission satellite bus which incorporates Russian equipment with a Thales built payload 11 Since then Thales Alenia Space has developed subcontracting relationships with North American aerospace companies including Ball Aerospace 12 and Boeing 13 Activities editThales Alenia Space is a major European satellite specialist These satellites range in purpose from telecommunications to navigation Earth observation and space exploration including science and orbital infrastructures Since 2007 the company has been regarded as the largest satellite manufacturer in both the civilian and military sectors in Europe 14 10 In the mid 1990s the United States stopped issuing export licenses for satellite components that will be launched on Chinese rockets fearing that such launches would help China s military In response Thales Alenia developed a line of ITAR free satellites that contained no restricted U S components Between 2005 and 2012 numerous ITAR free satellites such as Apstar 6 15 Chinasat 6B and Apstar 7 were launched on Chinese Long March launch vehicles 16 17 However the United States Department of State disputed the ITAR free status of these satellites issuing a US 8 million fine to the American company Aeroflex for selling ITAR components During 2013 Thales Alenia decided to discontinue its ITAR free satellite line 18 A major proportion of Thales Alenia Space s business is centered around the production of communications satellites in which it is a world leader 14 19 During 2010 Thales Alenia Space received a US 2 9 billion fixed price contract to manufacture a total of 81 satellites for Iridium Communications NEXT satellite telephony network 20 It is also engaged in producing a separate batch of 24 satellites for Globalstar s second generation network 14 The company is also responsible for producing 6 satellites for Galileo second generation 2 a European global satellite navigation system GSNS 14 21 The company constructed the Multi Purpose Logistics Modules which were used to transport cargo inside the Space Shuttle orbiters Thales Alenia Space also built several modules for the International Space Station ISS the Cupola the Columbus structure Harmony Tranquility and Leonardo 4 After the American aerospace corporation Boeing Thales Alenia Space was the second largest industrial provider to the ISS 14 It also built the pressure vessels for the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV and Cygnus spacecraft 4 During the 2010s Thales Alenia Space manufactured the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle IXV 22 a prototype suborbital spaceplane intended to validate work towards reusable launcher systems acting as a stepping stone towards the Programme for Reusable In orbit Demonstrator in Europe PRIDE program and the consequential Space Rider that harnesses IPX technology 23 24 It has also engaged with other space exploration efforts such as proposed lunar cargo landing vehicle 25 Since then working with Avio the company will build ESA s Space Rider reusable autonomous space transportation system which draws on the heritage of the IXV demonstrator 26 The company will also be a key European partner onboard NASA s Artemis aiming to bring physically astronauts back to the Moon in 2025 Thales Alenia Space will provide in particular three key modules for the Lunar Gateway 27 space station It will also deliver two pressurized modules for the Axiom commercial space station Furthermore Thales Alenia Space is developing a new line of on orbit servicing spacecraft capable of carrying out a wide range of operations in orbit from satellite inspection and life extension to robotic manipulation and deorbiting space debris 28 The company has also taken part to international space exploration missions across the Solar System such as Cassini Huygens Saturn exploration 29 ExoMars 30 Mars BepiColombo 31 Mercury Solar Orbiter 32 33 34 Sun NASA Orion probe lunar exploration part NASA s ARTEMIS and many more The company is also prime contractor for Euclid ESA s science mission aimed to study the universe s dark matter and dark energy In the fields of telecommunications Thales Alenia Space has launched 2 major product lines over the last 2 decades dubbed Spacebus Neo and Space Inspire Both based on platforms including electrical propulsion systems 35 36 Spacebus NEO is used for very high throughput satellites helping bridge the digital divide across the globe In 2022 EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite for telecommunications operator Eutelsat was successfully launched by Arianespace 37 Built by Thales Alenia Space this Spacebus NEO satellite was said to be the most powerful and capacitive one ever built in Europe at that time Its mission is to provide fiber like high speed Internet over Europe especially in isolated areas called white zones The launch of the second product line Space Inspire was announced in 2019 It is a compact and fully digitalized solution that can be reconfigured in orbit It will enable telecommunications operators to dynamically allocate capacity where and when needed in any bandwidth The company has been leading the geostationary telecommunications market in 2021 and in 2022 winning 60 of telecom satellites contracts available on the open market in 2022 The same year the company was awarded several contracts for 6 telecommunications satellites including 5 based on its Space Inspire solution 38 The company is also a lead player in Europe s Copernicus program fully dedicated to environmental monitoring 39 40 In 2020 Thales Alenia Space was awarded five contracts for the six new Copernicus Expansion missions as prime contractor for the CIMR 39 ROSE L 41 and CHIME 39 satellites and supplier of the CRISTAL 42 and CO2M mission payloads These new satellites will be used to measure the atmospheric carbon dioxide CO2 43 produced by human activity monitor sea ice thickness and overlying snow depth provide improved services for sustainable agriculture and biodiversity management observe ocean behavior and support precision agriculture and food security The company has been the industrial prime contractor for 3 generations of Meteosat European weather satellites 44 Third generation MTG Meteosat Third Generation is still under development This latest generation will include 6 satellites 4 imaging ones and 2 atmospheric sounders The first MTG imaging satellite dubbed MTG I1 was successfully launched by Arianespace late 2022 45 A few days after it was the turn of SWOT oceanography satellite to be successfully orbited by SpaceX Mostly built by Thales Alenia Space with contributions from NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory the French U S satellite produced for French Space Agency CNES and NASA is set to revolutionize oceanography and hydrology 46 In the defense sector a number of countries have chosen Thales Alenia Space for their military or dual telecommunications systems providing front line support for their armed forces in any theater of operations In the market for space based surveillance systems Thales Alenia Space offers high and very high resolution optical and radar payloads The company is involved in numerous programs such as French Syracuse military satellites Italian SICRAL 47 and many more Thales Alenia Space is also the exclusive supplier of very high resolution optical instruments for French intelligence satellites including the optical payloads on Helios Pleiades and CSO 48 49 Through the LeoStella joint venture in the United States a JV between Thales Alenia Space and US based company BlackSky the company is also contributing to the BlackSky constellation which will include 60 optical observation satellites featuring submetric resolution and very high revisit rates 50 The company is also the industrial prime contractor for the two generations of COSMO SkyMed radar satellites for the Italian space agency and defense ministry 51 nbsp A Multi Purpose Logistics Module inside Space Shuttle Discovery nbsp Cupola module nbsp Columbus module nbsp Harmony module center nbsp Tranquility module center nbsp Leonardo module nbsp Automated Transfer Vehicle nbsp Pressurized vessel for the Cygnus spacecraftLocations editIn 2021 Thales Alenia Space had 8 000 employees operating in 17 industrial sites located in nine European countries France Italy Spain Belgium United Kingdom Germany Switzerland Poland Luxembourg Cannes France also hosts the company s headquarters in the Cannes Mandelieu Space Center Toulouse France Rome Italy Saccomuro and Tiburtina Turin Italy L Aquila Italy Gorgonzola Italy Charleroi Belgium Thales Alenia Space ETCA acronym of Etudes Techniques et Constructions Aerospatiales Leuven Belgium Hasselt Belgium Madrid Tres Cantos Spain Stuttgart Ditzingen Germany Harwell United Kingdom Bristol United Kingdom Belfast United Kingdom Warsaw Poland Zurich Switzerland Luxembourg City Luxembourg Digital Center of Excellence opened in 2021 Executive Board editCurrent CEO is Herve Derrey since February 2020 replacing Jean Loic Galle 52 See also edit nbsp Spaceflight portalCannes Mandelieu Space Center French space programReferences edit a b Space for Life Thales Group Retrieved 25 April 2020 a b Galileo Second Generation G2 www eoportal org Retrieved 11 April 2023 Alcatel and Finmeccanica finalize the creation of new joint ventures and announce nominations Press release Alcatel 1 July 2005 Archived from the original on 24 February 2012 a b c Montrasio Simone 24 July 2016 Nuovi Cygnus PCM ordinati alla Thales Alenia Space di Torino astronautinews it Coppinger Rob 9 November 2007 Alcatel s path to Thales Flight International Alcatel pursues the transfer of its satellite activities and critical systems for security to Thales Press release Alcatel 5 April 2006 Archived from the original on 24 February 2012 Coppinger Rob 4 April 2007 European Commission approves Thales take over of Alcatel s share of Alenia Space and Telespazio Flight International Alcatel Lucent cleared by the EU to transfer its space assets to Thales Press release Thales Alenia Space 10 April 2007 Archived from the original on 24 February 2012 Creation of the New Space Alliance between Thales and Finmeccanica Press release Thales Alenia Space 10 April 2007 Archived from the original on 24 February 2012 a b Turner Aimee 31 August 2007 Thales has eyes on UK space sector Flight International Coppinger Rob 14 December 2017 Thales makes strategic partnership with NPO PM Flight International Ferster Warren 27 October 2009 Ball Joins Thales Alenia Space s Iridium Next Team SpaceNews Retrieved 11 April 2023 Putrich Gayle 24 June 2010 SpaceX seals biggest ever commercial launch deal Flight International a b c d e Exhibitor Spotlight Thales Alenia Space Space Tech Expo 24 November 2016 Harvey Brian 2013 China in Space The Great Leap Forward New York Springer pp 160 162 ISBN 9781461450436 China launches satellite despite restrictions USA TODAY 6 July 2007 Retrieved 11 May 2010 Coppinger Rob 24 August 2007 Watch this space Flight International Ferster Warren 5 September 2013 U S Satellite Component Maker Fined 8 Million for ITAR Violations SpaceNews Coppinger Rob 20 June 2007 Thales Alenia Space leads Paris space pack Flight International Kirby Mary 3 June 2010 Iridium s NEXT plan progresses with Thales Alenia Space deal Flight International Gubisch Michael 9 March 2018 Thales to develop dual GPS Galileo satellite navigation system Flight International Rosenberg Zach 22 June 2011 PARIS ESA signs IXV construction contract Flight International Space Rider PRIDE Italian Aerospace Research Centre Accessed 15 November 2018 ESA experimental spaceplane completes research flight ESA 11 February 2015 ESA s Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle flew a flawless reentry and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean just west of the Galapagos islands Coppinger Rob 5 June 2009 Europe looks beyond just science Flight International ESA signs contracts for reusable Space Rider up to maiden flight www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Italy to make 2 moon station modules English ANSA it 14 October 2020 Retrieved 11 April 2023 On Orbit servicing eross h2020 eu Retrieved 11 April 2023 ESA Science amp Technology Huygens sci esa int Retrieved 6 August 2023 ESA e Thales Alenia Space Italia ancora insieme per la missione ExoMars www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 ESA Science amp Technology 13 BepiColombo integration and functional testing completed at Thales Alenia Space in Turin sci esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Liftoff for ESA s Solar Orbiter Europe s eyes on the Sun Thales Group Retrieved 11 April 2023 massimo 10 December 2019 Solar Orbiter the European probe that will make a CT scan of the Sun Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino Retrieved 11 April 2023 Solar Orbiter Mission Development www eoportal org Retrieved 11 April 2023 Overview www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 New partnership to inspire competitive innovation www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Ariane 5 successfully launches the innovative EUTELSAT KONNECT VHTS satellite Arianespace Retrieved 11 April 2023 Thales Alenia Space to build state of the art Intelsat 41 and Intelsat 44 Thales Group Retrieved 11 April 2023 a b c Contracts signed for three high priority environmental missions www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Contracts awarded for development of six new Copernicus missions www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Contract signed for new Copernicus ROSE L mission www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Plans underway for new polar ice and snow topography mission www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Contract signed to build Europe s carbon dioxide monitoring mission www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 A new generation of meteorological satellites www esa int Retrieved 11 April 2023 Ariane 5 successfully launches MTG I1 satellite for EUMETSAT and two Galaxy satellites for Intelsat Arianespace Retrieved 11 April 2023 SWOT Solar Panels Deploy at Thales Alenia Space Facility in France NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL 18 October 2022 Retrieved 11 April 2023 SICRAL www telespazio com in Italian Retrieved 11 April 2023 Pleiades HR High Resolution Optical Imaging Constellation of CNES www eoportal org Retrieved 11 April 2023 Thales successfully launches CSO 2 satellite into orbit SatellitePro ME 31 December 2020 Retrieved 11 April 2023 Walsh James 14 March 2018 Thales and Spaceflight Create LeoStella to Manufacture Smallsats Via Satellite Via Satellite Retrieved 11 April 2023 COSMO SkyMed ASI in Italian Retrieved 11 April 2023 Thales Alenia Space Will Build Ses 22 and Ses 23 Satellites WebWire Retrieved 2 November 2020 External links editOfficial website nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thales Alenia Space amp oldid 1198220211, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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