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Thales Alenia Space

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

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.

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] The company is also an important industrial partner towards development of the Lunar Gateway.[3]

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.

  1. ^ a b "Space for Life". Thales Group. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Galileo Second Generation (G2)". www.eoportal.org. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ Zamora, Briana R.; NASA (13 May 2024). "Forward Progress on Gateway, Humanity's First Lunar Space Station". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

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