The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and Blue Origin to foster […]
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Pulsar Fusion expanding to U.S. with a new Texas office plus signs MoU with Thales Alenia Space
Pulsar Fusion has announced a series of major developments as the company expands its global footprint, advances key partnerships and also showcases its vision for interplanetary travel. The company is […]
Thales Alenia Space wins 51 million euros contract to extend EGNOS service life
Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), earlier this month signed a new contract worth 51 million euros with the European Union Agency for the […]
Forrester’s Digest: European satellite giants in merger talks
Airbus, Thales Alenia and Leonardo, three giants in terms of satellite manufacture, are in “preliminary talks” to merge their operations—rumors of a potential merger have been reported for some months—the […]
Airbus to design and build ESA’s ExoMars rover lander platform to be designed + built by Airbus
Airbus has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space (TAS – a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%)), the ExoMars industrial prime contractor, […]
SKY Perfect JSAT selects Thales Alenia Space to build “JSAT-32” communications satellite
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Thales Alenia Space have signed a contract to build the GEO communications satellite, “JSAT-32.” Operating in the Ku and Ka frequency bands, JSAT-32 will provide […]
Forrester’s Digest: Airbus, Thales to merge satellite divisions?
Europe’s two giant aerospace companies are looking to merge their satellite-related businesses. Airbus Defence & Space and Thales Alenia Space are in ‘nonbinding’ talks about merging their two divisions. One […]
Thales Alenia Space + NIBE sign a satellite supply contract for NIBE’s EO constellation project
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with NIBE Space (a subsidiary of NIBE Limited) concerning the supply of a high-resolution […]
The Italian Space Agency + Thales Alenia Space sign contract for NASA/JPL’s SBG-TIR mission
The Italian Space Agency (ASI) and Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), have signed a contract for the implementation of NASA’s Surface Biology and […]
Forrester’s Digest: Astra 1P “fully operational”
On the heels of the news that that the latest pair of SES O3b/mPOWER satellites were successfully launched comes confirmation that its latest craft, Astra 1P, has been brought into […]