Tag: Thales Alenia Space

Hellas Sat and Thales Alenia Space have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of an optical communication payload for the upcoming Hellas Sat 5 telecommunications satellite. This joint venture aims to provide cutting-edge...

Thales Alenia Space, a joint-venture between Thales and Leonardo, has chosen the UK's National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) at RAL Space in Oxfordshire for the assembly, integration, and testing of the European Space Agency's FLEX satellite. The FLEX satellite's purpose...

Thales Alenia Space, a joint company between Thales and Leonardo, has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct a feasibility study for the SOLARIS initiative. This project aims to determine the viability of using spaceborne solar...

Thales Alenia Space has secured new contracts with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ground mission segment and system engineering activities of Galileo Second Generation (GSG). The contracts are valued at 300 million euros ($333 million). Additionally, Thales...

Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 06, 2023
European aerospace company Airbus, in partnership with Thales Alenia Space, successfully launched SYRACUSE 4B, a secure military communications satellite, from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. This launch marked the last mission of Ariane 5, the European heavy launcher. SYRACUSE 4B joins SYRACUSE 4A in orbit, with both satellites forming the space component of SYRACUSE IV,

Thales Alenia Space, a consortium of space companies, has been awarded a €235m ($256m) contract by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) for an in-orbit servicing demonstration mission. The Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) mission is set to launch by 2026 and...

A consortium of major players in Europe's space industry, including Airbus Defence and Space, Eutelsat, Hispasat, SES and Thales Alenia Space, has announced plans to bid on the European Union's Iris² constellation. The project is a new flagship EU...

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

HFT is proud to announce the contract signature with Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), for the supply of window shutter subsystems. Subject to the final verification, validation, and approval by the International Partners...

The dual-use Italian Constellation at the Service of Security and Sustainability Rome, 1 February 2022 – The second satellite of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and...